Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
São José Da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 5894
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5894.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "São José Da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aricanga Mine
Chiar Mine
Cruzeiro Mine
Pederneira Mine (Pederneira Claim)

Latitude: 18°13'20"S
Longitude: 42°11'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.222222222222,-42.184444444444

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet
Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphuranylite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cookeite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Fluor-elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Foitite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*
Phosphuranylite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Torbernite ()*

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 B Be C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cs H O P Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Autunite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Feldspar Garnet
Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Phosphuranylite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Tourmaline

30 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)	2	28081,28084	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	28084	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	28084	3092
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	0		1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	28084	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	28081,28084	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	28081	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	28081	5171
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	28081	181
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	28084	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	28079,28080,28081,28084	520
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	1	28081	31
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	28084	2740
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	28081	75
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	28084	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	28084	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	28081	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	28079,28082,28083,28084	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	1	28081	124
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	1	28081	182
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	0		140
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	28081	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	28080,28081,28084	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	28084	1711
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	28081,28084	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	28084	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2	28080,28081	688
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	28081	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050008	Pederneira Mine (Pederneira Claim), São José Da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/X050008

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