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Algumas rochas graníticas do norte e centro de Portugal possuem fosfatos. A triflite altera-se para vivianite maganífera, ludlamite azul, fosfoferrite e mitriadite nos filões aplíticos de Vidago, que também possuem brushite, ludlamite e perlofite verde. A triflite do granito moscovítico de Paredes da Beira altera-se para estrengite. Childrenite e eosforite ocorrem nos granitos de Paredes da Beira e Penamacor-Monsanto e aplito de Vidago. Gormanite foi encontrada no granito moscovítico de Segura. os filões aplito-pegamtíticos litiníferos de Gonçalo e Segura possuem montebrasite e natromontebrasite. Nos filões de quartzo de Segura, há mimetite e quintoreíte que resultaram da alteração da galena.

At Segura area, two-mica granite, muscovite granite, granitic aplite veins and Libearing granitic aplite-pegmatite veins from Cabeco Queimado intruded the Cambrian schist-metagraywacke complex. Aplite veins also intruded both granites. Variation diagrams of major and trace elements of the granitic rocks show fractionation trends for: a) two-mica granite and Li-bearing aplite-pegmatite veins; b) muscovite granite and aplite veins. Least square analysis for major elements and modelling of trace elements indicate that: a) the Li-bearing aplite-pegmatite veins were derived from the two-mica granite by factional crystallization of quartz, plagioclase, potash feldspar and biotite; b) the aplite veins were derived from muscovite granite by fractional crystallization of quartz, plagioclase, potash feldspar and ilmenite, which is supported by the similar δ18O values. The increase of δ18O values from two-mica granite to aplite-pegmatite veins suggests that fractional crystallization was accompanied by assimilation of metasedimentary material (AFC process). The pegmatite veins are REL-Li pegmatites and belong to the LCT family. The occurrence of amblygonite-montebrasite, lepidolite, cassiterite, ferrocolumbite, manganocolumbite and microlite suggest that Li-bearing granitic aplite-pegmatite veins are highly differentiated.

Several types of peraluminous Hercynian granites containing generally more primary muscovite than Fe2+-biotite + chlorite, have mainly A/CNK values greater than 1.15, but ranging between 1.01 and 1.41 and δ18O values of 10.34-13.52% and are interpreted of S-type. A Mg-biotite granidorite of I-type having A/CNK of 0.99-1.10 and δ18O of 8.84% also occurs in the Gouveia area. Variation diagrams of major and trace elements for the oldest four granites and granodiorite show five independent fractionation trends, suggesting that they correspond to five distinct granitic magmas. The granites are probably originated by partial fusion of heterogeneous metasedimentary materials, while granodiorite may result from partial of igneous material or has a mantelic origin.

Phosphate minerals are common in northern and central Portuguese granitic rocks. Childrenite, eosphorite and intermediate compositions in this solid-solution séries occur in muscovite granites at Paredes da Beira and Penamacor-Monsanto, muscovite-biotite granites at Penamacor-Monsanto and in aplite veins at Vidago. The composition of childrenite and eosphorite are similar in each of these localities. Germanite occurs in a muscovite granite at Segura.

A biotite granodiorite and seven Sn-bearing two-mica granites crop out in the Gouveia area, central Portugal. A SHRIMP U–Th–Pb zircon age from the granodiorite, and monazite ages from four of the two-mica granites, show that they are of Early Ordovician (~480 Ma) and Permo-Carboniferous, i.e. Variscan (~305 and 290 Ma) age respectively. The Variscan two-mica granites are late- and post-D3. Major and trace element variation in the granitic rocks and their biotite and muscovite indicate mainly individual fractionation trends. The granitic rocks are mostly depleted in HREE relative to LREE. The biotite granodiorite is probably derived from igneous lower crust, as evidenced by low initial 87Sr/86Sr (0.7036), high εNdT (+2.5) and moderate δ18O (8.8‰). The two-mica granites are probably derived by partial melting of heterogeneous mid-crustal metasediments, mainly metapelite and some metagraywacke, as evidenced by their high initial 87Sr/86Sr (0.7076–0.7174), δ18O (10.7–13.4‰) and major element compositions. However, variation diagrams for major and trace elements from two of the muscoviteNbiotite granites and their micas define fractionation trends. Rb–Sr whole-rock analyses from the two granites are perfectly fitted to a single isochron and the rocks have subparallel REE patterns; the younger granite is derived from the older by fractional crystallization of quartz, plagioclase, biotite and ilmenite (tested by modelling major and trace elements). Most of the Sn-bearing granites are derived from distinct magma batches. They result from partial melting of a heterogeneous midcrustal metasediment. They do not represent a crustal anomaly in tin. Fractional crystallization is responsible for the increase in the Sn contents of the granites and their micas. Muscovite has a higher Sn content than coexisting biotite and is the principal host mineral for Sn in these rocks.

In the Segura area, Variscan S-type granites, aplite veins and lepidolite-subtype granitic aplite-pegmatite veins intruded the Cambrian schist-metagraywacke complex. The granites are syn D3. Aplite veins also intruded the granites. Two-mica granite and muscovite granite have similar ages of 311.0 ± 0.5 Ma and 312.9 ± 2.0 Ma but are not genetically related, as indicated by their geochemical characteristics and (87Sr/86Sr)311 values. They correspond to distinct pulses of magma derived by partial melting of heterogeneous metapelitic rocks. Major and trace elements suggest fractionation trends for: (a) muscovite granite and aplite veins; (b) two-mica granite and lepidolite-subtype aplite-pegmatite veins, but with a gap in most of these trends. Least square analysis for major elements, and modeling of trace elements, indicate that the aplite veins were derived from the muscovite granite magma by fractional crystallization of quartz, plagioclase, K-feldspar and ilmenite. This is supported by the similar (87Sr/86Sr)311 and δ18O values and the behavior of P2O5 in K-feldspar and albite. The decrease in (87Sr/86Sr)311 and strong increase (1.6‰) in δ18O from two-mica granite to lepidolite-subtype aplite-pegmatite veins, and the behaviors of Ca, Mn and F of hydroxylapatite indicate that these veins are not related to the two-mica granite. The occurrence of amblygonite–montebrasite, lepidolite, cassiterite, columbite-(Fe), columbite-(Mn) and microlite suggests that lepidolite-subtype granitic aplite-pegmatite veins are highly differentiated. Montebrasite shows a heterogeneous Na distribution and secondary lacroixite was identified in some montebrasite areas enriched in Na. Unusual Mn > Fe cassiterite is zoned, with the alternating darker zones being strongly pleochroic, oscillatory zoned, and containing more Nb and Ta than the lighter zones. Inclusions of muscovite, apatite, tapiolite-(Fe), ixiolite and microlite are present both in lighter and darker zones of cassiterite. It shows exsolutions of columbite-(Fe), columbite-(Mn,Fe) and columbite-(Mn), particularly in darker zones.