| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Fluorapatite |
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Optical Analysis |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Schorl | ⓘ4 photos of Fluorapatite associated with Schorl at this locality. |
| Albite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Tourmaline | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Tourmaline at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorapatite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Corvaceira quarry, Castelo de Penalva, Penalva do Castelo, Viseu, Portugal |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (5 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 686775 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:686775:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 4c0e7131-4b1c-4dfd-b344-296d64f9fe5f |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite |
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| 3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘCova da Raposa Mine, Tavares (Chãs; Várzea e Travanca), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘReal quarry, Real, Penalva do Castelo, Viseu, Portugal |
| 3.3km (2.1 miles) | ⓘBom Sucesso No. 4 quarry, Tavares (Chãs; Várzea e Travanca), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 5.4km (3.3 miles) | ⓘNossa Senhora da Esperança quarry, Quintela de Azurara, Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 9.9km (6.2 miles) | ⓘChão do Castanheiro, Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde (Mesquitela e Cunha Alta), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 10.5km (6.5 miles) | ⓘRegada, Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde (Mesquitela e Cunha Alta), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 12.1km (7.5 miles) | ⓘUnnamed pegmatite, São Cosmado, Mangualde (Mesquitela e Cunha Alta), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 12.7km (7.9 miles) | ⓘRomãs quarry, U.F Romãs Decermilo e Vila Longa, Sátão, Viseu, Portugal |
| 14.0km (8.7 miles) | ⓘCurval Mine, U.F Romãs Decermilo e Vila Longa, Sátão, Viseu, Portugal |
| 14.4km (9.0 miles) | ⓘMelo e Nabais, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugal |
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 | | Book | | aircraft fitter/engineer was relocated to work in the De Havilland Aircraft Company in Lancashire. My family...losing interest in my current hobbies and looking to do something different with my spare time, I enquired...of Chipping Sadbury, calcite from Hampstead Farm Quarry and celestine from Yate Rocks. I also collected...north Devon, including several visits to High Down Quarry for wavellite and variscite, also into East Cornwall...Cornwall and several visits to Merehead Quarry, Somerset. Unfortunately, I did not keep a diary of all |
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Corvaceira quarry, Castelo de Penalva, Penalva do Castelo, Viseu, Portugal