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Locality Name:
Carnaúba Dos Dantas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 125840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125840.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carnaúba Dos Dantas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bico D'Arara Mine
Ermo
Pedra Bonita Mine
Salgadinho Pegmatite
Taboa Pegmatite

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Be Bi C Cu Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O Si Sn Ta Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi O Ta 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBerylClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparGarnetMalachiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelTapioliteTourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismutotantalite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Euclase  (*)Gahnite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ixiolite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Spodumene  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2228479,28480606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18328479,28482,284834286
Bismutotantalite  (*)NoneBiTaO4023
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21284835171
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1284793531
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6128483518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6128483289
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)128479120
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4228477,28479445
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31284835433
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2128483148
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212847912537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1284794924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212847917380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212847961156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1284792705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3228479,284811214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6128482688
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O6228482,2848388


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