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Locality Name:
Ceará, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 30926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ceará, Brazil": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Banabuiú
Barbalha
Canindé
Coité
Fortaleza
Icó
Orós
Parambu
Quixadá
Quixeramobim
Santa Quitéria
Sobral
Solonópole
Tauá

Latitude: 5°23'48"S
Longitude: 39°27'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -5.3966666666667,-39.450555555556

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Arsenic	Auricupride	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite
Tourmaline	Tridymite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*
Amblygonite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*
Awaruite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chromite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*
Diopside ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gilalite ()*	Graphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P S Si Sn Ti U W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Arsenic Auricupride Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Iron Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Spinel Titanite
Tourmaline Tridymite Zircon

48 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1000	470	1	27176	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1000	470	3	27157,27158,27159	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1000	470	1	27157	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1000	470	2	27157,27172	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1000	470	1	27153	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1000	470	1	27172	244
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1000	470	1	27159	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1000	470	1	27172	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1000	470	1	27172	3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1000	470	1	27157	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1000	470	1	27167	166
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1000	470	6	27156,27168,27172,27174,27175,27176	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1000	470	1	27176	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1000	470	3	27158,27159,27172	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1000	470	1	27176	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1000	470	1	27167	3902
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1000	470	1	27172	566
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1000	470	1	27162	518
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1000	1000	1	27167	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1000	470	1	27173	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1000	470	2	27167,27172	4135
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1000	470	1	27170	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1000	470	1	27159	8173
Gilalite ()*	None	Cu₅Si₆O₁₇·7H₂O	1000	1000	0		5
Graphite ()*	None	C	1000	470	1	27172	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1000	470	2	27157,27167	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1000	470	1	27167	1089
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1000	470	1	27157	179
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1000	470	1	27159	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1000	470	1	27167	230
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1000	470	1	27176	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1000	470	1	27170	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1000	470	3	27157,27158,27159	884
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1000	470	1	27167	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1000	470	2	27172,27176	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1000	470	6	27154,27155,27170,27172,27175,27176	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1000	470	1	27162	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1000	470	3	27157,27158,27159	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1000	470	1	27172	4894
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1000	470	1	27157	444
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1000	470	1	27153	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1000	470	1	27172	688
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1000	470	1	27167	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1000	470	1	27167	116
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1000	470	1	27157	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1000	470	1	27172	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1000	470	1	27167	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	622	470	2	27158,27159	5251

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
SASIG1_603_0001	590	470	530 ± 60	U-pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon		30926	Ceará, Brazil	Ceara, Brazil	Castro (2008)	SASIG1_603
sedcu-00067	1000	1000	Proterozoic					Cu	30926	Ceará, Brazil	Fazenda Boa Vista	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00068	1000	1000	Proterozoic					Cu	30926	Ceará, Brazil	Pedra Verde	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00069	1000	1000	Proterozoic					Cu	30926	Ceará, Brazil	Serra do Diamante	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
T22_5_0001	622	532	577 ± 45	U-pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon		30926	Ceará, Brazil	Ceara, Brazil	Neves (2003)	T22_5

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040168	Poço Dos Cavalos Pegmatite, Riacho Do Pimenta, Banabuiú, Ceará, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R040168

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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