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:
Ipirá Complex, Bahia, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 265832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ipirá Complex, Bahia, Brazil": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Capim Grosso
Gavião
Ipirá
Nova Fátima

Latitude: 12°9'13"S
Longitude: 39°45'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.153611111111,-39.75

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	None	Pyroxene	Quartz
Scapolite	Smectite-vermiculite

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 C Ca F Fe H Mg O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote None Pyroxene Quartz
Scapolite Smectite-vermiculite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Meionite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	27050,27054,27055	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	27044	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	27047	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	27052	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	27047,27050	2740
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	27050	176
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	4	27047,27052,27054,27055	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	27047,27052,27054,27055	61156
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	7	27045,27047,27050,27054,27055,27056,27057	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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