Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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 Rócio, São Francisco Do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 279059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morro Do Rócio, São Francisco Do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Santa Catharina Meteorite

Latitude: 26°12'59"S
Longitude: 48°36'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.216388888889,-48.6

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.

Barringerite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Hydrotalcite	Iron	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Spinel
Sulphur	Vivianite	Woodwardite

Akaganeite ()*	Artsmithite ()*	Arupite ()*	Barringerite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Goethite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Honessite ()*	Iron ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Reevesite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 C Cl Cr Fe H Hg Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Barringerite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Hydrotalcite Iron None Olivine Pentlandite Spinel
Sulphur Vivianite Woodwardite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	1	28668	63
Artsmithite ()*	None	Hg¹⁺₄Al(PO₄)_1.74(OH)_1.78	1	28668	2
Arupite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	28668	2
Barringerite ()*	Barringerite	(Fe,Ni)₂P	1	28668	22
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	28668	371
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	28668	7437
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	28668	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	28668	14640
Honessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	1	28668	25
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	28668	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	28668	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	28668	1512
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	28668	48
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	28668	374
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	28668	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	28668	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	28668	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	28668	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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