Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Barra Do Salinas District, Barra Do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 390
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-390.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barra Do Salinas District, Barra Do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°36'55"S
Longitude: 42°17'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.615277777778,-42.299166666667

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	Clay	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Staurolite	Topaz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*
Topaz ()*

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 Mg Na O P S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P S Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Feldspar Gadolinite Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Staurolite Topaz Tourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	119
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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