Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Mamões Pegmatite, Equador, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 516
Youngest recorded age at locality: 514

mindat Locality ID: 14755
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14755.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mamões Pegmatite, Equador, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 6°55'4"S
Longitude: 36°43'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.9177777777778,-36.723888888889

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	Columbite	None	Phosphuranylite

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 Be Ca Fe H K Mn Nb O P Si Ta U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Fe H K Mn Nb O P Si Ta U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Columbite None Phosphuranylite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	516	514	4286
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	516	514	518
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	516	514	182
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	516	514	211

1 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
	Bradley_2012_025	516	514	515±1	U/Pb			columbite, tantalite							14755	Mamões Pegmatite, Equador, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Mamoes	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...