Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
São Sebastião Do Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 213778
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213778.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "São Sebastião Do Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Santana Do Encoberto (Santa Do Encoberto)

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Euclase ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*
Uraninite ()*	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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Tourmaline Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	28087	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	28087	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	28087	27770
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	28087	520
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	1	28087	120
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	28087	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	28087	14640
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	1	28087	119
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	28087	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	28087	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	28087	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	28087	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	28087	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	28087	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	28087	1214
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	28087	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	28087	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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