Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caiçara Pegmatite, Picuí, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 520

mindat Locality ID: 190743
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190743.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caiçara Pegmatite, Picuí, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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	Columbite	None	Rutile	Spinel	Tapiolite

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 Bi Fe Mn Nb O Si Sn Ta Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi Fe Mn Nb O Si Sn Ta Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Columbite None Rutile Spinel Tapiolite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Bismutotantalite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Gahnite ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	520	520	4286
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄	520	520	23
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	520	520	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	520	520	289
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	520	520	445
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	520	520	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	520	520	88

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
	Grew_Li_2019_0015	520	520	520							Yes		Colquiriite		444	Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil	Serra Branca pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema mineral province, Paraiba, Brazil	Beurlen et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.jsames.2014.08.007	JSAES56_110

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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