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:
Pedra Balão Outcrops, Poços De Caldas, Poços De Caldas Alkaline Complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 106283
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106283.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pedra Balão Outcrops, Poços De Caldas, Poços De Caldas Alkaline Complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°45'39"S
Longitude: 46°33'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.760833333333,-46.556388888889

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.

Analcime	Astrophyllite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Eudialyte	Fluorite	None	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Titanite
Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Eudialyte ()*
Fluorite ()*	Lamprophyllite ()*	Manganoeudialyte ()*	Nepheline ()*	Rinkite-(Ce) ()*
Sodalite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mn Na O S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mn Na O REE S Si Sr Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Astrophyllite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Eudialyte Fluorite None Pyroxene Sodalite Titanite
Tridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	161
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	232
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	182
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Lamprophyllite ()*	None	(SrNa)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	63
Manganoeudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₄Ca₆Mn₃Zr₃[Si₂₆O₇₂(OH)₂](H₂O,Cl,O,OH)₆	8
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	53
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-224	Pedra Balão Outcrops, Poços De Caldas, Poços De Caldas Alkaline Complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-224

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