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Locality Name:
Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 205557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Costelão Pegmatite
Matinha Pegmatite
Pirineus Claim
Urubu Mine

Latitude: 16°42'48"S
Longitude: 41°52'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.713333333333,-41.8725
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As B Be Ca Ce Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeArsenopyriteBerylChildreniteClayFeldsparMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural group
PyroxeneQuartzRoscheriteRutileSphaleriteTourmalineWarditeZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Eosphorite  (*)Fluor-elbaite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petalite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rankamaite  (*)Roscherite  (*)Simpsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Thoreaulite  (*)Wardite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zanazziite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)227812,278138803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1278139052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181278134286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21278135171
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)127813520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O127812128
Fluor-elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F12781331
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O12781227
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)227812,278134924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)127813945
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)127813200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2427810,27811,27812,2781317380
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O10127813124
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O127813140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2227812,2781361156
Rankamaite  (*)None(Na,K)3(Ta,Nb,Al)11(O,OH)311278135
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O12781222
Simpsonite  (*)NoneAl4Ta3O13(OH)12781316
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12781321482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6127813688
Thoreaulite  (*)NoneSn2+Ta2O61278139
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O12781258
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)127813939
Zanazziite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Mg5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O12781221


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050625Urubu Mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R050625

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