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Alvito, Alvito, Beja, Portugali
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AlvitoCivil Parish
AlvitoMunicipality
BejaDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Parish (with the same name) of Alvito municipality.

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7 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Silver1.AA.05Ag
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
SSulfur
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
FeIron
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
AgSilver
Agⓘ Native SilverAg
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS

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Portugal

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Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
Iberian PeninsulaPeninsula

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References

CARVALHOSA, A. B. - “Estudo Geológico - Petrográfico da Região de Viana do Alentejo – Alvito” Separata do Bol. da Soc. Geol. de Portugal, Vol. XVIII, fasc. I, 1972, pp. 7-56.
FONSECA, P. E. - Estudo da Sutura Varisca no SW Ibérico nas Regiões de Serpa – Beja – Torrão e Alvito – Viana do Alentejo. Dissertação apresentada à Universidade de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Doutor em Geologia. Departamento de Geologia da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1995.
GOMES, E. M. C. and FONSECA, P. E. - Metamorphic and metasomatic late-variscan events in Alvito region (Alentejo, southern Portugal) Cadernos Lab. Xeolóxico de Laxe, Coruña. 2006. Vol. 31, pp. 67 - 85.
Cadernos Lab. Xeolóxico de Laxe
Coruña. 2006. Vol. 31, pp. 67 - 85Cadernos Lab. Xeolóxico de Laxe
Coruña. 2006. Vol. 31, pp. 67 - 85
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