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 José Do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 281394
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281394.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "São José Do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
São José Do Rio Preto Meteorite

Latitude: 20°48'36"S
Longitude: 49°22'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.81,-49.380277777778

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.

Iron	None	Pyroxene	Spinel

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: Ca Cr Fe Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Iron None Pyroxene Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Diopside ()*	Iron ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*
Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	28732	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	28732	4135
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	28732	1089
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	28732	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	28732	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	28732	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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