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


mindat Locality ID: 31618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Currais Novos, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Barra Verde Mine
Boca De Laje Mine
Brejui Mine
Malhada Limpa Mine
Nb-Ta Pegmatite Field
Serrote Grande Mine

Latitude: 6°14'38"S
Longitude: 36°27'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.2438888888889,-36.457777777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ta Ti W Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePrehnitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzScapoliteScheeliteSpinelStibniteTitaniteTourmalineVesuvianiteZircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutotantalite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gladite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meionite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pekoite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Tungstenite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21284873419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31284871534
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12848711547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1284871966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31284871935
Bismutotantalite  (*)NoneBiTaO4023
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4228487,284885516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12848727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2328486,28487,2848827198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1284871025
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)128485648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)428485,28486,28487,284888173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)228485,28487551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2228487,284909617
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S912848767
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3228485,284871544
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2128485209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6128487741
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412848714899
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)128487176
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1284874924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2228487,284885800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2228487,2848817380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S1812848739
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21284872273
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)228487,28488494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21284871898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2328486,28487,2848839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81284869056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2328485,28487,2848861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1284871711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)428485,28486,28487,284884894
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O228487,284884899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21284872562
Tungstenite  (*)MolybdeniteWS212848728
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10428485,28486,28487,284881395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1284855251



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