Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Espírito Santo, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 6395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Espírito Santo, Brazil": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Afonso Cláudio
Água Doce Do Norte
Anchieta
Aracruz
Baixo Guandu
Barra De São Francisco
Castelo
Colatina
Fundão
Guarapari
Itaguaçu
Itapemirim
Itarana
Marataízes
Mimoso Do Sul
Muqui
Pancas
Pau Grande
Piúma
Rio Novo Do Sul
Santa Maria Do Jetibá
Santa Teresa
São Mateus
Serra
Vitória

Latitude: 17°38'54"S
Longitude: 40°4'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.648333333333,-40.070833333333

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scapolite
Spinel	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brazilianite ()*
Chrysoberyl ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaersutite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scapolite
Spinel Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Tridymite Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	27202	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	27222	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	520	480	2	27192,27215	1310
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			8	27190,27192,27201,27202,27205,27208,27210,27213	4286
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	520	480	1	27215	59
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	520	480	6	27179,27180,27189,27192,27209,27215	321
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	520	480	2	27217,27222	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	27186	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	520	480	1	27217	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	520	0	6	27181,27182,27191,27199,27217,27220	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂			1	27222	179
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	520	480	3	27191,27217,27222	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	23	2.6	2	27182,27214	139
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	520	480	2	27202,27217	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2.6	0	1	27191	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			6	27188,27195,27196,27197,27202,27208	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	27222	884
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	520	480	1	27217	313
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)			1	27202	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	27222	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	520	0	11	27181,27182,27184,27187,27190,27191,27195,27202,27214,27217,27220	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	0	4	27181,27182,27191,27220	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	27222	598
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	27202	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	27190	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2.6	0	1	27191	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	520	480	2	27217,27222	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	27202,27209	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	520	0	6	27181,27182,27191,27199,27217,27220	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Alexandra-0434	G5 supersuite

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
ree-00161	23	2.6	Late Tertiary					158020	Anchieta, Espírito Santo, Brazil	Anchieta (Parati, Imbiri, Pipa de Viho, Mãebá)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
ree-00162	23	2.6	Late Tertiary					158021	Aracruz, Espírito Santo, Brazil	Aracruz	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
ree-00167	2.6	0	Quaternary					158047	Guarapari, Espírito Santo, Brazil	Guarapari (Praia do Vaz, Vila Velha, Rastinga, Canto do Riacho, Praia de Diogo)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
ree-00176	2.6	0	Quaternary					158035	São Mateus, Espírito Santo, Brazil	Sao Mateus	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
ree-00178	23	0	Late Tertiary - Holocene					158033	Jacaraípe, Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil	Serra (Jacareipe)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Alexandra-0434	520	480	520-480	U-Pb, Pb-Pb	Age of pegmatite	zircon, monazite	Yes	69153	Jocão Pegmatite (Gypsy Mine; Cigana Claim), Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil		Pedrosa-Soares et al. (2011)	10.1144/SP350.3	GSSP350_25

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070689	Itaguaçu, Espírito Santo, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R070689

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