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:
Minas Novas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 411
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-411.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minas Novas, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Calhão Creek
Fanado River
Palmital Claim
Ribeirão Da Folha

Latitude: 17°19'13"S
Longitude: 42°25'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.320277777778,-42.429722222222

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	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	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 Au Be C F Fe H Li Mn O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al F Fe Li Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Copper Garnet None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Topaz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Euclase ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	27899	4286
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	1	27897	120
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	27898	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	27900	2812
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	27900	1507
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	0		688
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	0		1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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