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Turquoise - Miguel Vacas Mine


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Description

Locality:  Miguel Vacas Mine 
Size: 2,5 x 4,5 x 2,9 cm
Description:  Beautiful group of electric blue turquoise with minor white fibers of wavellite.

Locality

Miguel Vacas Mine, Conceição, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal 

- Cu mine - a former producing open pit, that extracted and treated oxide copper. The deposit was exploited from 1925 to 1986 by various companies.

A drilling programme was initiated in 2015.

- Vein-like to lenticular chalcopyrite, native copper and malachite in brecciated quartz veins. Known for excellent libethenite and other secondary copper phosphates.

-Three contiguous mining concessions: no. 1550 Fonte da Moura, no. 1551 Monte d'El-Rei and no. 1552 Miguel Vacas.










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