Minerals from Portugal

This tag collects together all the current minerals we have in stock that come from Portugal.

Below the product listings, I’ve gone into a little depth about mineral specimens from Portugal – famous locales and specimens, and those that are most well known amongst collectors.

Portugal produces a range of mineral resources, including lithium, copper, dolomite, lead, greywacke, talc, sand, zinc, slate, and tungsten.

Portugal is not necessarily the first country that springs to mind when one thinks of mineral specimens, but the country does provide some excellent specimens from several good locales.

The Panasqueira mines are probably the best known locale in the country, producing fine specimens of arsenopyrite, cassiterite, ferberite, fluorapatite, fluorite, marcasite, siderite, and sphalerite.

Avarela quarry produces crystalline titanite, epidote and calcite. Preguiça Mine produces micromount specimens of Willemite. Alvarrões Mine produces elbaite and rubellite tourmaline, some of which is well worth a look.

Assunção Mine too is well worth a look, producing good quality autunite, beryl, and quartz. The pyrolusite from Cercal do Alentejo is also well known in the collectors market.

Libethenite from the Miguel Vacas mine is of excellent quality for those interested in micro-minerals.

 

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We do have some more information, and sometimes specimens from specific Portuguese locales.

Portuguese locales

 

 

We may have some other specimens from Portugal, check the links below.

Portugal

Minerals from Portugal