Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Scapolite	Scheelite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Zircon

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 ()*

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:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Scapolite Scheelite Spinel Stibnite Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	1	28487	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	28487	1534
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	28487	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	28487	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	28487	1935
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄	0		23
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	28487,28488	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	28487	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	28486,28487,28488	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	28487	1025
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	28485	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	28485,28486,28487,28488	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2	28485,28487	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	28487,28490	9617
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	1	28487	67
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	28485,28487	1544
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	28485	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	28487	741
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	28487	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	28487	176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	28487	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	28487,28488	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	28487,28488	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Pekoite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₁₁S₁₈	1	28487	39
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	28487	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	2	28487,28488	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	28487	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	28486,28487,28488	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	28486	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	28485,28487,28488	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	28487	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4	28485,28486,28487,28488	4894
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	28487,28488	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	28487	2562
Tungstenite ()*	Molybdenite	WS₂	1	28487	28
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	4	28485,28486,28487,28488	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	28485	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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