Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 28702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Água Santa Pegmatite
Arqueana Mine
Barra Do Salinas
Freire Cardoso (Ouro Fino)
José Carlos Pegmatite
Lagoa Da Cruz Pegmatite
Limeira Pegmatite
Machicho Claim
Manoel Fonseca Mine (Manoel Fonseca Farm)
Morro Redondo Mine
Paineira Claim (Carlau Claim)
Pairobeira Pegmatite
Pau Alto Claim
Terra Corrida Claim (Baixão Claim)
Xuxu Fernandes Pegmatite

Latitude: 16°37'26"S
Longitude: 42°11'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.623888888889,-42.199444444444

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.

Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Humboldtine	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Staurolite	Topaz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Bergslagite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Gold ()*	Humboldtine ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Topaz ()*

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 As Au B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P S Si Sn Ta Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Columbite Copper Feldspar Gadolinite Humboldtine Kaolinite Mica None
Not in a structural group Oxalate Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Staurolite Topaz Tourmaline

24 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)	3	27618,27620,27636	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	27636	244
Bergslagite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(AsO₄)(OH)	1	27635	9
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	27619,27620,27636,27637	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	27620,27636	5171
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	7	27618,27620,27621,27634,27636,27639,27640	520
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	27630	30554
Humboldtine ()*	Humboldtine Oxalate	Fe²⁺(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	1	27627	27
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	3	27620,27635,27636	119
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	27620	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	27620	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	27618,27620,27636	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	27636	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	13	27617,27618,27620,27628,27629,27630,27631,27632,27633,27636,27637,27638,27641	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	27620	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	27620	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	27618,27620,27630,27635,27636	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	27623	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	27620,27636	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	27627	1516
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	3	27620,27622,27625	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	27620	978
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	27636	99
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	27619,27620	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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