Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 530
Youngest recorded age at locality: 500

mindat Locality ID: 385
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-385.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Fazenda Anglo
Santa Rosa Mine

Latitude: 18°11'17"S
Longitude: 41°52'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.188055555556,-41.879444444444

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Tourmaline	Wardite

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 F Fe H K Li Na O P Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Clay Feldspar Gadolinite Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Tourmaline Wardite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*
Wardite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	530	500	1	27789	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	530	500	0		4286
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	530	500	1	27789	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	530	500	1	27789	2740
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	530	500	1	27789	119
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	530	500	1	27789	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	530	500	1	27789	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	530	500	0		5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	530	500	1	27789	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	530	500	1	27788	688
Wardite ()*	Wardite	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	530	500	1	27789	58

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Alexandra-0435	G4 supersuite

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
	Alexandra-0435	530	500	530-500	U–Pb	Age of pegmatite		zircon			Yes	Zircon			186036	Caraí, Minas Gerais, Brazil		Pedrosa-Soares et al. (2011)	10.1144/SP350.3	GSSP350_25

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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