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:
Morro Do Serrote, Poços De Caldas, Poços De Caldas Alkaline Complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 232275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morro Do Serrote, Poços De Caldas, Poços De Caldas Alkaline Complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°53'4"S
Longitude: 46°38'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.884444444444,-46.645555555556

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.

Astrophyllite	Baddeleyite	Eudialyte	Fluorite	None	Tridymite	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 Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mn Na O Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl F Fe H K Mn Na O REE Si Sr Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Astrophyllite Baddeleyite Eudialyte Fluorite None Tridymite Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Astrophyllite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluorlamprophyllite ()*
Kochite ()*	Lamprophyllite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Paranatisite ()*	Rinkite-(Ce) ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	161
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	238
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	182
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Fluorlamprophyllite ()*	None	(SrNa)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂F₂	1
Kochite ()*	None	Ca₂MnZrNa₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	3
Lamprophyllite ()*	None	(SrNa)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	63
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Paranatisite ()*	None	Na₂TiO(SiO₄)	4
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	53
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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