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:
Virgem Da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 440
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-440.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Virgem Da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bruno Pegmatite
Campinus Pegmatite
Córrego Do Limoeiro Claim
Manoel Mutuca Mine
Toca Da Onça Pegmatite
Xanda Mine (Xandra Mine)

Latitude: 16°41'44"S
Longitude: 42°21'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.695555555556,-42.365

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	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Geocronite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Roscherite	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Topaz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Geocronite ()*	Greifensteinite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Schorl ()*
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 As B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Feldspar Gadolinite Geocronite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Roscherite Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Topaz Tourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	28128,28130,28131	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	28130,28131	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	28128,28129,28130,28131	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	0		133
Greifensteinite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Be₄Fe²⁺₅(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	28131	27
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	1	28131	119
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	28128,28131	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	28126,28127,28130,28131	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	28128,28129,28130,28131	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	28130	1711
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	28130,28131	2705
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	3	28128,28130,28131	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130019	Virgem Da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R130019
R050520	Virgem Da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R050520
R100221	Xanda Mine (Xandra Mine), Virgem Da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R100221

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