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:
Pirenópolis, Goiás, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 69463
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69463.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pirenópolis, Goiás, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Emerald Locality

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Talc	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Talc ()*	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 As Au B Be C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B C Ca Fe H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Talc Tourmaline Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	27306	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	27306	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	27306	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	27306	5171
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	27306	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	27306	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	27306	3337
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	27306	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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