Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vaca Velha, Cavalcante, Goiás, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 241714
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241714.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vaca Velha, Cavalcante, Goiás, Brazil": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sucuri Massif

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	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cubanite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Danalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Genthelvite ()*
Helvine ()*	Monazite-(La) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 Be Ca Cu F Fe H K La Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca F Fe H K Mn O P S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Cubanite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica
Monazite Nickeline None Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sodalite
Sphalerite Wurtzite

21 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)	2	27249,27251	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	27249	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	27249,27251	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	27249	802
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	2	27249,27251	58
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	27251	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	27249,27251	24243
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	27251	60
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	0		237
Monazite-(La) ()*	Monazite	La(PO₄)	1	27249	38
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	27249	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	27249	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	27249,27251	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	27249,27251	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	27249,27251	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		92
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	27249,27251	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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