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Locality Name:
Conselheiro Pena Pegmatite District, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 490

mindat Locality ID: 394
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-394.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Conselheiro Pena Pegmatite District, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°10'23"S
Longitude: 41°28'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.173055555556,-41.472222222222
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 Be C Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArthuriteBerauniteCalciteChloriteClayFeldsparHureauliteLaueiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPhosphosideriteRockbridgeiteStewartiteStrunzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)Cookeite  (*)
Euclase  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Laueite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Siderite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)63049008803
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O6304900136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O630490055
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4630490059
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)86304900181
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)6304900120
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O6304900125
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O630490070
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2630490017380
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O6304900182
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)56304900206
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)63049006417
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O630490048
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O6304900263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O630490098


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Alexandra-0368630490630–490 Age of pegmatite   Yes  280018Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, BrazilConselheiro PenaScholz et al. (2014)10.2138/am.2014.4695AM99_607formed during the Brasiliano orogeny

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