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 Maria Do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 130875
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130875.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Maria Do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cruzeiro Mine
Poaia

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.

Beryl	Garnet	None	Tourmaline

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 Fe H Li Mn Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Garnet None Tourmaline

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Elbaite ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	28062	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	28062	4286
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	28060	520
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	28062	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	28062	1214

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050120	Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria Do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R050120
R050121	Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria Do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R050121
R050119	Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria Do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R050119
R050122	Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria Do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R050122
R050112	Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria Do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R050112

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