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Locality Name:
Equador, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 516
Youngest recorded age at locality: 514

mindat Locality ID: 30653
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30653.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Equador, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alto Das Furnas Claim
Alto Do Giz Pegmatite
Alto Do Jacu
Alto Santo
Amâncio Pegmatite
Antonio Leal Farm
Malhada Vermelha Pegmatite
Mamões Pegmatite

Latitude: 6°54'41"S
Longitude: 36°43'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.9113888888889,-36.7225

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.

Alunite	Beryl	Bismutite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Matlockite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Phosphuranylite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Stibnite	Tapiolite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Alumotantite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismoclite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brazilianite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Euclase ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrotantite ()*	Petalite ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Quartz ()*
Simpsonite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*
Waylandite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Ta U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Beryl Bismutite Clay Columbite Feldspar Kaolinite Matlockite Mica None
Not in a structural group Phosphuranylite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Stibnite Tapiolite Tourmaline

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	28493,28494	8803
Alumotantite ()*	Not in a structural group	AlTaO₄			1	28493	5
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	28497	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	516	514	3	28493,28496,28499	4286
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl			1	28493	71
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	28492	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	28492	716
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	28493	59
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	28493	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	516	514	1	28499	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆			5	28492,28493,28494,28496,28498	289
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	28493	520
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)			3	28493,28495,28497	120
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	28492,28493	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	28493,28494	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	28492,28493,28494	17380
Natrotantite ()*	None	Na₂Ta₄O₁₁			1	28493	3
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀			1	28493	124
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	516	514	1	28499	182
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	28492,28493,28494,28496	61156
Simpsonite ()*	None	Al₄Ta₃O₁₃(OH)			1	28493	16
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			1	28493	688
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄			1	28493	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	516	514	4	28492,28493,28496,28499	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			2	28493,28494	88
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	28492	31

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_025	516	514	515±1	U/Pb			columbite, tantalite							14755	Mamões Pegmatite, Equador, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Mamoes	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060665	Equador, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R060665
R050629	Equador, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R050629

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