| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Rockbridgeite |
| Formula: | Fe2+Fe43+(PO4)3(OH)5 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Strengite | ⓘ36 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Strengite at this locality. |
| Beraunite | ⓘ11 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Beraunite at this locality. |
| Arsenopyrite | ⓘ11 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality. |
| Cacoxenite | ⓘ10 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Cacoxenite at this locality. |
| Phosphosiderite | ⓘ9 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Phosphosiderite at this locality. |
| Strunzite | ⓘ8 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Strunzite at this locality. |
| Triplite | ⓘ5 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Triplite at this locality. |
| Robertsite | 3 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Robertsite at this locality. |
| Benyacarite | ⓘ3 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Benyacarite at this locality. |
| Laueite | ⓘ2 photos of Rockbridgeite associated with Laueite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Rockbridgeite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sítio do Castelo Mine, Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugal |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (32 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 154520 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:154520:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 4a621c91-e860-4745-ac33-847bb7989fbe |
| Nearest other occurrences of Rockbridgeite |
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| 17.6km (11.0 miles) | ⓘCorvaceira quarry, Castelo de Penalva, Penalva do Castelo, Viseu, Portugal |
| 19.1km (11.9 miles) | ⓘVela Nordeste quarry, Vela, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal |
| 22.2km (13.8 miles) | ⓘChão do Castanheiro, Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde (Mesquitela e Cunha Alta), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 23.3km (14.5 miles) | ⓘCubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde (Mesquitela e Cunha Alta), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 25.5km (15.9 miles) | ⓘRegada, Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde (Mesquitela e Cunha Alta), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 25.6km (15.9 miles) | ⓘVenturinha, Sezures, Penalva do Castelo, Viseu, Portugal |
| 26.2km (16.3 miles) | ⓘBendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal |
| 26.2km (16.3 miles) | ⓘFonte da Cal Mine, Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal |
| 36.1km (22.4 miles) | ⓘAssunção Mine, Aldeia Nova, Ferreira de Aves, Sátão, Viseu, Portugal |
| 36.2km (22.5 miles) | ⓘLagares Mining Field, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu, Portugal |
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 | Tvrdý, J, Sejkora, J, Rosseel, P, Dolníček, Z (2021) Ferraioloite from the Sítio do Castelo mine, Folgosinho (Guarda, Portugal), description and Raman spectroscopy. Journal of GEOsciences, 66 (3) 139-146 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | paper Ferraioloite from the Sítio do Castelo mine, Folgosinho (Guarda, Portugal), description and Raman spectroscopy...identified in samples from the Sítio do Castelo mine, Folgosinho (Guarda, Portugal). It occurs as sky-blue,...Mills et al. (2016) from the Foote Lithium Company mine, Kings Mountain district (North Carolina, USA),...secondary phosphates from Sítio do Castelo mine, Folgosinho (Guarda, Portugal), a mineral phase corresponding...Occurrence The Sítio do Castelo mine is located in the Serra da Estrela National Park in central Portugal, in the |  | Kampf, Anthony R., Grey, Ian E., Alves, Pedro, Mills, Stuart J., Nash, Barbara P., MaCrae, Colin M., Keck, Erich (2017) Zincostrunzite, ZnFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6.5H2O, a new mineral from the Sitio do Castelo mine, Portugal, and the Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite, Germany. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29 (2) 315-322 doi:10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2593 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ZnFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6.5H2O, a new mineral from the Sitio do Castelo mine, Portugal, and the Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite, Germany...Sitio do Castelo tungsten mine in Portugal and the Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite in Germany. At Sitio do Castelo...by phosphophyllite and minor apatite. At Sitio do Castelo, zincostrunzite occurs as prisms up to 2 mm long...{1 2 0}. Zincostrunzite crystals from Sitio do Castelo are light brownish yellow; those from Hagendorf-Süd...hardness is about 2½. The measured density (Sitio do Castelo) is 2.66(1) g cm3. At room temperature, the |
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Sítio do Castelo Mine, Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugal