Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 204368
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204368.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Andaraí
Itaetê
Lençóis

Latitude: 12°44'7"S
Longitude: 41°12'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.735277777778,-41.211666666667

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet
Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*
Diaspore ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*
Svanbergite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Al Au B Be C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diamond Diaspore Epidote Garnet
Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Quartz Rutile Spinel Tourmaline Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	27011	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	27011	2353
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	27011	321
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	27011	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	3	27010,27011,27015	697
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	27011	481
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	27011	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	27011	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	27011	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	27011	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	27011	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	27011	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	27011	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	27011,27014	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	27011	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	27011	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	27011	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	27011	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	27011	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	27011	1934
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	27010	105
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	27011	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	27011	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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