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Locality Name:
Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 530
Youngest recorded age at locality: 6.16

mindat Locality ID: 14318
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14318.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Alto Da Cabeca Mine
Alto Do Felix Mine
Alto Dos Quintos Mine (Quintos Pegmatite; Quintos De Baixo)
Alto Redondo
Baixão Da Laje Mine
Boqueirão Pegmatite
Capoeira 1 Pegmatite (Boqueirãozinho Pegmatite)
Capoeira 2 Pegmatite (Mulungu Pegmatite)
Carcará Pegmatite
Carnaúbinha Pegmatite
Combi Pegmatite
Cu-Bi-Ag-Au Pegmatite
Fazenda Turmalina Pegmatite
Gregorio Pegmatite
Quintos De Cima Mine
Trigero 1 Pegmatite
Túneis Pegmatite
Turmalina De Cima Farm

Latitude: 6°43'20"S
Longitude: 36°37'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.7222222222222,-36.629722222222

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Autunite	Beryl	Bismutite	Brannerite	Childrenite	Chlorite
Clay	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Kaolinite	Lazulite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Spinel	Stibnite	Tapiolite	Tourmaline	Triplite	Wagnerite	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: Ag Al Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Apatite Autunite Beryl Bismutite Brannerite Childrenite Chlorite
Clay Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Digenite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Kaolinite Lazulite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Spinel Stibnite Tapiolite Tourmaline Triplite Wagnerite Zircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bismutotantalite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Brazilianite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Childrenite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Cookeite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Euclase ()*	Fersmite ()*
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hectorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ixiolite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Pyrope ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Thorite ()*	Triphylite ()*
Triplite ()*	Triploidite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Zabuyelite ()*
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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	530	6.16	8	28511,28513,28516,28517,28518,28524,28525,28529	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	28511	244
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	513	6.16	3	28513,28517,28518	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	28522	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	530	6.16	4	28513,28516,28517,28518	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	511.9	506.1	2	28517,28525	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	28525	716
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄	530	6.16	0		23
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	7.38	6.16	1	28513	248
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	524.5	522.3	1	28516	59
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	524.5	522.3	1	28516	5171
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	28514	93
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	511.9	506.1	1	28517	3531
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	524.5	522.3	4	28516,28520,28521,28523	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	524.5	506.1	4	28516,28517,28518,28526	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	530	6.16	3	28513,28517,28518	181
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	511.9	506.1	1	28517	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	511.9	506.1	1	28517	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	511.9	506.1	1	28517	310
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	511.9	506.1	1	28517	1027
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	530	6.16	3	28513,28517,28518	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	530	6.16	6	28511,28513,28517,28518,28524,28529	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	511.9	506.1	2	28514,28517	128
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	511.9	506.1	2	28517,28525	120
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	530	6.16	1	28513	83
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	530	6.16	1	28513	31
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	511.9	506.1	2	28511,28517	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	530	6.16	3	28513,28517,28518	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	511.9	506.1	1	28517	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	28522	30554
Hectorite ()*	Clay	Na_0.3(Mg,Li)₃Si₄O₁₀(F,OH)₂·nH₂O	511.9	506.1	1	28517	19
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	530	6.16	1	28513	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	511.9	506.1	1	28517	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	530	6.16	2	28513,28517	5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	530	6.16	2	28513,28517	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	530	6.16	1	28513	5591
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	28511	232
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	524.5	506.1	2	28516,28517	155
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	530	6.16	2	28513,28517	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	511.9	506.1	2	28517,28522	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	530	6.16	7	28511,28513,28514,28516,28517,28518,28526	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	530	6.16	9	28511,28513,28516,28517,28518,28520,28521,28523,28529	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	513	506.1	2	28517,28518	2994
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	7.38	6.16	1	28513	144
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	530	6.16	0		341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	530	6.16	10	28511,28513,28514,28516,28517,28518,28523,28524,28525,28529	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	530	6.16	3	28513,28516,28517	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	530	6.16	3	28513,28517,28518	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	530	6.16	3	28513,28517,28518	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	530	6.16	5	28511,28513,28516,28517,28518	688
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	28519	99
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	524.5	522.3	2	28516,28527	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	28519	88
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	28512	1006
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	511.9	506.1	2	28511,28517	313
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	511.9	506.1	1	28517	233
Triploidite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)	511.9	506.1	1	28517	29
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	511.9	506.1	2	28517,28526	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	530	6.16	1	28513	890
Zabuyelite ()*	None	Li₂(CO₃)	511.9	506.1	1	28517	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	513	506.1	3	28517,28518,28523	5251

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Alexandra-0370	7.38	6.16	6.77 ± 0.61	U-Pb	Age of mineral	uranophane-beta	Parauranophane	Autunite, Brannerite	30432	Alto Dos Quintos Mine (Quintos Pegmatite; Quintos De Baixo), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Quintos Pegmatite	Dill et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jsames.2013.03.014	JSAES45_160
Alexandra-0371	530	480	530-480		Age of pegmatite				30432	Alto Dos Quintos Mine (Quintos Pegmatite; Quintos De Baixo), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Quintos Pegmatite	Dill et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.jsames.2013.03.014	JSAES45_160
Alexandra-0140	524.5	522.3	523.4 ± 1.1	Ar-Ar	Age of intrusion	biotite, thorianite			4461	Boqueirão Pegmatite, Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Boqueirão	Beurlen et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.jsames.2014.08.007	JSAES56_110
Alexandra-0139	511.9	506.1	509 ± 2.9	U-Pb	Age of intrusion	columbite			30433	Capoeira 1 Pegmatite (Boqueirãozinho Pegmatite), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Capoeira	Baumgartner et al. (2006)	10.2113/gscanmin.44.1.69	CM44_69
Bradley_2012_024	513	507	510±3	U/Pb		columbite, tantalite			30431	Capoeira 2 Pegmatite (Mulungu Pegmatite), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Capoeira	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060192	Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R060192
R120075	Capoeira 1 Pegmatite (Boqueirãozinho Pegmatite), Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R120075

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