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Locality Name:
Godofredo Viana, Maranhão, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 287397
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287397.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Godofredo Viana, Maranhão, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pirocaua Deposit

Latitude: 1°24'10"S
Longitude: 45°46'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -1.4027777777778,-45.779722222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Ca H Mg Na O P Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteClayKaoliniteNoneNot in a structural groupTourmalineWavellite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Augelite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Dravite  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Senegalite  (*)Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21273282162
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)312732879
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6127328310
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)127328648
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6127328173
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41273285591
Senegalite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3·H2O1273284
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O127328301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O127328374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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