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Locality Name:
Coromandel District, Minas Gerais, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 210116
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210116.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coromandel District, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Abadia Dos Dourados
Bagagem River Valley
Cascalho Rico
Coromandel
Santo Antônio Do Bonito Creek

Latitude: 18°35'2"S
Longitude: 47°22'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.583888888889,-47.3725
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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca K O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiamondDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparGarnetKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRutile
SpinelTitaniteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31276082353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21276082162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12761211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12761227770
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1027602,27603,27604,27605,27608,27609,27611,27613,27614,27615697
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1276088173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1276087437
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6227604,27611121
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31276081544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3227608,2761514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3427608,27612,27613,276155433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41276085591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41276081507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4227608,2761514899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212760817380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1276082994
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3227608,27612495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21276122273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212761539462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3327608,27612,27614341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2227608,2761561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21276085614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)227608,276125251


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