Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Limoeiro Mine, Campo Formoso, Bahia, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 221180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Limoeiro Mine, Campo Formoso, Bahia, 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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Serpentine	Spinel	Ullmannite

Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spinel ()*	Violarite ()*

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: Ag Al As Bi Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pd Pt Rh S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pd Pt Rh S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Melonite Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite
Serpentine Spinel Ullmannite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	124
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	119
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	133
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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