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Locality Name:
Serro (Serro Frio; Cerrado Frio), Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 450

mindat Locality ID: 379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Serro (Serro Frio; Cerrado Frio), Minas Gerais, Brazil": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bom Sucesso Creek
Milho Verde

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Copper	Diamond	None	Potarite	Rutile	Spinel	Topaz	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 Be C F Fe H Hg O Pd Pt Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be F H O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Copper Diamond None Potarite Rutile Spinel Topaz Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Diamond ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Palladium ()*
Platinum ()*	Potarite ()*	Rutile ()*	Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	700	450	0		4286
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	700	450	2	28095,28096	697
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	700	450	0		504
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	700	450	1	28093	14899
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	700	450	1	28093	59
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	700	450	1	28093	485
Potarite ()*	Potarite	PdHg	700	450	1	28093	25
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	700	450	0		5614
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	700	450	0		1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	700	450	0		5251

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
	Hg-00004	700	450										Potarite	Hg	379	Serro (Serro Frio; Cerrado Frio), Minas Gerais, Brazil		Richardson (1988); Cabral et al. (2006)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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