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Locality Name:
Santa Quitéria, Ceará, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 287692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287692.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Quitéria, Ceará, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Itataia U Deposit

Latitude: 4°34'58"S
Longitude: 39°47'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -4.5827777777778,-39.799722222222

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P Si Ti U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylCalciteClayFeldsparMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartz
ScheeliteZircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Diopside  (*)Graphite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1271728803
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F127172244
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21271722162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21271723092
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181271724286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12717227770
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O127172566
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61271724135
Graphite  (*)NoneC1271722812
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21271722273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212717261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1271724894
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6127172688
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21271722562



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