Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde

The numerous mines which have exploited this pegmatite deposit over the years have some rather confusing names – which the Mindat link below does a good job of explaining.

Essentially there have been nine shafts sunk in the area, along with numerous shallow workings; as a general rule they are now broadly referred to as ‘Cubos Mine’, ‘Cubos-Mangualde’ or ‘Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde’, but other names may be used to identify specimens from the site, including Cabeço do Seixo, Regada, and Rochel – as well as ‘Cubos C-34’.

Mindat lists 73 minerals from the site, including four for which it is the type locality – Jahnsite-(CaMnMn), Macraeite, Rittmannite, and Zodacite.

Further reading:

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-2588.html

If you are interested in other classic Portuguese locales we may have stock from the following locales.

Portuguese locales

• Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde (Mesquitela e Cunha Alta), Viseu, Portugal
• Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Portugal

For the rest of our Portuguese stock, see below.

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