Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arapiraca Belt, Alagoas, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 297727
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297727.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arapiraca Belt, Alagoas, Brazil": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Craíbas
Igaci

Latitude: 9°40'45"S
Longitude: 36°43'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -9.6791666666667,-36.73

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	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Spinel

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 Au C Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Gold ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	26912	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	26912	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	26912	1008
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	26912	30554
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	26912	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	26912	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	26912	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	26912	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	26912	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	26912	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	26912	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	26912	1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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