Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 480

mindat Locality ID: 106380
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106380.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Baixo Caldeirão
Várzea Alegre Intrusive Complex

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene
Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Be Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be H Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene
Quartz Spinel Titanite Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Brazilianite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pargasite ()*	Quartz ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	520	480	0		1310
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	520	480	0		59
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	520	480	0		321
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	520	480	1	27217	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	520	480	1	27217	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	520	480	1	27217	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	520	480	1	27217	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	520	480	1	27217	4924
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	520	480	1	27217	313
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	520	480	1	27217	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	520	480	1	27217	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	520	480	1	27217	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Alexandra-0434	G5 supersuite

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0434	520	480	520-480	U-Pb, Pb-Pb	Age of pegmatite		zircon, monazite			Yes				69153	Jocão Pegmatite (Gypsy Mine; Cigana Claim), Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil		Pedrosa-Soares et al. (2011)	10.1144/SP350.3	GSSP350_25

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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