Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

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:
São Salvador Do Tocantins, Tocantins, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 308139
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308139.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "São Salvador Do Tocantins, Tocantins, Brazil": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mata Azul

Latitude: 12°41'54"S
Longitude: 48°26'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.698333333333,-48.435277777778

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	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rossmanite ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*

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 Fe H K Li Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Pyroxene Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite Tourmaline

14 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)	8	28777,28778,28779,28780,28781,28782,28783,28784	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	28777,28779,28782	4286
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	8	28777,28778,28779,28780,28781,28782,28783,28784	481
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	28777	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	28777	520
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	28777,28778,28779,28780,28781,28782,28783,28784	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	8	28777,28778,28779,28780,28781,28782,28783,28784	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	8	28777,28778,28779,28780,28781,28782,28783,28784	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	28777,28782	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8	28777,28778,28779,28780,28781,28782,28783,28784	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	28777,28778,28779,28780,28781,28782,28783,28784	61156
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	28777	37
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	8	28777,28778,28779,28780,28781,28782,28783,28784	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2	28777,28784	688

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...