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Locality Name:
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1192
Youngest recorded age at locality: 906

mindat Locality ID: 396
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-396.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Conselheiro Mata District
Extração District
Fazenda Do Vadi Claim
Guinda District
Inhaí
Jequitinhonha River
São João Da Chapada
Serra De Congonhas
Sopa

Latitude: 18°9'41"S
Longitude: 43°33'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.161388888889,-43.563888888889
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 Au B Ba Be C Ce Cr Fe H Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O P Pb Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteBrookiteClayCopperCorundumCrichtoniteDiamondDiasporeLazulite
MonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRutileSpinelTivanite
TourmalineZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Brookite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Corundum  (*)
Diamond  (*)Elbaite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)
Goyazite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lazulite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Senaite  (*)Tivanite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211929061276812162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511929061276811310
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO211929060700
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O41192906127681321
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31276611797
Diamond  (*)DiamondC9939422027658,27659,27660,27663,27665,27667,27668,27670,27672,27674,27675,27676,27678,27679,27682,27683,27685,27686,27687,27688697
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1192906127681520
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)119290607437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1192906327667,27669,2768130554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61192906227657,27681121
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61192906227680,27681173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119290612768114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31276615433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411929061276811507
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)21192906127681232
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4119290612768114899
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)227669,27673945
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)611929060170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119290612768139462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2127656771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21192906727655,27656,27661,27664,27669,27680,2768161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21192906227661,276815614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11929061276812705
Senaite  (*)CrichtonitePb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38119290612768128
Tivanite  (*)TivaniteTiV3+O3(OH)1276613
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1192906127681939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11929061276815251


2 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
Cr-00024993942990U-Pb monazite  YesSenaiteCr387Minas Gerais, BrazilMinas GeraisGastil (1960)10.2475/ajs.258.1.1AJS258_1 
GR22_200_000111929061049 ± 143U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  106220Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, BrazilSopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, BrazilChemale (2012) GR22_200 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060493Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R060493

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