Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Almerindo Mine, Linópolis, Divino Das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 582

mindat Locality ID: 408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Almerindo Mine, Linópolis, Divino Das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Apatite	Arthurite	Baryte	Beryllonite	Childrenite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pharmacosiderite	Phosphuranylite	Quartz	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bearsite ()*	Bendadaite ()*	Beryllonite ()*
Brazilianite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Karibibite ()*	Moraesite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Parasymplesite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Quartz ()*
Saléeite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Studtite ()*

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 As Ba Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arthurite Baryte Beryllonite Childrenite Clay Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group
Pharmacosiderite Phosphuranylite Quartz Vivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	630	582	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	630	582	11547
Bearsite ()*	None	Be₂(AsO₄)(OH)·4H₂O	582	582	2
Bendadaite ()*	Arthurite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	630	582	10
Beryllonite ()*	Beryllonite	NaBe(PO₄)	582	582	47
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	630	582	59
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	630	582	128
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	630	582	2740
Karibibite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(As³⁺O₂)₄(As³⁺₂O₅)(OH)	630	582	19
Moraesite ()*	None	Be₂(PO₄)(OH)·4H₂O	582	582	35
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	630	582	17380
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	630	582	124
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	630	582	428
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	630	582	182
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	630	582	61156
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	630	582	95
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	630	582	1153
Studtite ()*	None	(UO₂)(O₂)(H₂O)₂·2H₂O	630	582	25

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Alexandra-0440	G1 supersuite

2 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-0440	630	585	630-585	U–Pb	Age of a magmatic arc formed		zircon			Yes	Zircon			381	Divino Das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Divino	Pedrosa-Soares et al. (2011)	10.1144/SP350.3	GSSP350_25
	Be-00004	582	582	582			high				Yes		Zanazziite, Atencioite	Be	407	Linópolis, Divino Das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil		Pedrosa-Soares et al. (2011)		GSL350_25

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R080112	Almerindo Mine, Linópolis, Divino Das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R080112

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