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Locality Name:
Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil


mindat Locality ID: 5430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Escola Pegmatite
Gentil Claim
João Modesto Dos Santos Claim (Zé Bento Claim)
Roberto Pegmatite
Valadares Minério Pegmatite

Latitude: 18°40'40"S
Longitude: 41°28'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.677777777778,-41.468333333333
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 As B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArsenopyriteAutuniteBerylBerylloniteChildreniteClayDufréniteFeldspar
GarnetHureauliteLazuliteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePharmacosideritePhosphosideritePyroxene
QuartzRockbridgeiteRoscheriteRutileSouzaliteTourmalineTripliteVivianiteZircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Beryllonite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Childrenite  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Frondelite  (*)
Gormanite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Lazulite  (*)
Lithiophilite  (*)Matioliite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Moraesite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Souzalite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Triplite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zanazziite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1278918803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31278912353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1278919052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1278911272
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)212789143
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18227891,278924286
Beryllonite  (*)BerylloniteNaBe(PO4)12789147
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4227891,2789259
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21278915171
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O12789293
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6127891310
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)127891520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O227891,27892128
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1278912740
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)512789152
Gormanite  (*)SouzaliteFe2+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O12789123
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O12789127
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)127891204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O127891125
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2127891232
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)127891155
Matioliite  (*)DufréniteNaMgAl5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1278914
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1278914924
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)127891200
Moraesite  (*)NoneBe2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O12789135
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2527890,27891,27892,27893,2789417380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O127891428
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O127891182
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)12789180
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2227891,2789261156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)227891,278922705
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)212789160
Souzalite  (*)SouzaliteMg3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O12789111
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6127891688
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)127891313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F127891233
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O127891636
Zanazziite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Mg5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O12789121
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1278915251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-231Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-226-to-fkm-250/#FKM-231
R061055Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazilhttps://rruff.info/R061055

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