Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Medina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 292853
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292853.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Medina, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Funil Mine
Serrinha Pegmatite

Latitude: 16°11'47"S
Longitude: 41°29'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.196388888889,-41.486111111111

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	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Mica	None	Quartz	Topaz	Tourmaline

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 Be Ca F Fe H K Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Feldspar Gadolinite Mica None Quartz Topaz Tourmaline

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Herderite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	27887,27888	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	27887,27888	4286
Herderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)F	1	27887	20
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	27887,27888	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	27888	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	27887,27888	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	27888	2705
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	27887,27888	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100064	Medina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R100064

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