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The Portugal Gallery includes a number of specimens from different localities in Portugal (excluding Panasqueira which has its own Gallery). Pages 1 to 3 are devoted to some pegmatites in central Portugal and show quartz, apatite, albite and others. |
WPOR-02/120 - Torbernite and autunite Nossa Senhora do Assunçao Mine, Aldeia Nova, near Ferreira de Aves (Viseu District, Portugal) Piece of massive white to smoky quartz with some square plates of apple-green torbernite (partly dehydrated to meta-torbernite) to 5 mm. on edge with thin rims of yellowish autunite . Quite interesting. 6.8x6.5x3.2 - 65 € MS 10/12 |
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WPOR-02/34 - Torbernite Nossa Senhora do Assunçao Mine, Aldeia Nova, near Ferreira de Aves (Viseu District, Portugal) Piece of white opaque quartz with some square plates of emerald-green torbernite (partly dehydrated at the borders to meta-torbernite) to about 0.2 cm. on edge. 5.8x4x3.2 - 15 € |
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WPOR-02/35 - Torbernite Nossa Senhora do Assunçao Mine, Aldeia Nova, near Ferreira de Aves (Viseu District, Portugal) Piece of white opaque quartz with some square plates of green torbernite (partly dehydrated to meta-torbernite) to about 0.2 cm. on edge. 7.2x4.2x2.7 - 18 € |
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WPOR-02/36 - Torbernite on quartz Nossa Senhora do Assunçao Mine, Aldeia Nova, near Ferreira de Aves (Viseu District, Portugal) Group of two crystals of opaque white to translucent colorless zoned quartz to about 8 cm. long with a scattering of emerald-green square tablets of torbernite to 0.1 cm. across. 8.2x7.7x3.2 - 25 € |
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WPOR-03/71 - Spessartine on albite Portugal II Quarry, Malpartida, near Almeida (Guarda District, Portugal) Tiny lustrous translucent red crystals of spessartine to about 2 mm. across on an albite matrix with some muscovite associated. 6.8x5.7x4.3 - 20 € |
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WPOR-02/18 - Quartz, tourmaline and apatite Portugal II Quarry, Malpartida, near Almeida (Guarda District, Portugal) A matrixless doubly terminated lustrous crystal of dark smoky quartz. Presents a partial coating of and is heavily included by creamy microcline. There are some lustrous crystals of black tourmaline to 1.2 cm. long some of them terminated. At bottom termination there is some white albite and a few white to colorless hexagonal crystals of apatite. Just a small broken area in a side crystal at back of the specimen. 5x2.5x2 - 27 € |
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WPOR-02/20 - Quartz Portugal II Quarry, Malpartida, near Almeida (Guarda District, Portugal) Matrixless cluster of two parallel crystals of lustrous translucent greyish smoky quartz. One tiny nick in one termination, otherwise undamaged. 3.6x3x2.4 - 12 € |
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WPOR-02/21 - Quartz and muscovite Portugal II Quarry, Malpartida, near Almeida (Guarda District, Portugal) A piece of pegmatite with a couple of singly terminated smoky quartz crystals, the largest being 3.5 cm. long, and several greenish muscovite books and twins to about 1 cm. across. 4.8x4.5x3 - 10 € |
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WPOR-02/22 - Quartz Portugal II Quarry, Malpartida, near Almeida (Guarda District, Portugal) Floater singly terminated crystal of lustrous dark smoky quartz slightly translucent when backlit. There is some creamy microcline included and at the termination as seen in the pictures. Bottom is contacted and recrystallized. Undamaged and very nice. 8x4x2.7 - 50 € |
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WPOR-01/1 - Quartz Quintela de Azurara, Mangualde (Viseu District, Portugal) A matrixless singly terminated lustrous translucent crystal of greyish smoky quartz. Some muscovite flakes associated. Undamaged except at bottom where it was attached to the matrix. 4.7x4.7x3.5 - 25 € |
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WPOR-01/2 - Quartz and microcline Quintela de Azurara, Mangualde (Viseu District, Portugal) A nice lustrous transparent flattened 4x1.7x1-cm. crystal of light smoky quartz on a piece of creamy microcline partly coated by fine-grained greenish muscovite. The quartz crystal is undamaged but unfortunately has been (carefully) reattached to the matrix. 6x6x3.8 - 20 € |
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