Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rio Do Pires, Bahia, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 287456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rio Do Pires, Bahia, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ibiajara District
Rio Do Pires Meteorite

Latitude: 13°7'40"S
Longitude: 42°17'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.127777777778,-42.291666666667

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.

Andalusite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Iron	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyroxene	Spinel

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*
Daubréelite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Iron ()*	Malachite ()*	Olivenite ()*	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 As Au C Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Iron Malachite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyroxene Spinel

17 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)	1	27114	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	27113	5509
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	27114	3902
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	27113	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	27113	175
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	27114	157
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	27114	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	27114	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	27113,27114	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	27113	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	27114	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	27114	1089
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	27113	12537
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	27113	492
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	27114	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	27114	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	27114	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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