Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 16583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Morro Da Mina Mine
Piquiri Mine

Latitude: 20°36'"S
Longitude: 43°46'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.6,-43.783055555556

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite
Feldspar	Garnet	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Bementite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*	Coombsite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Graphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Manganosite ()*	Neotocite ()*
Nsutite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Siegenite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Talc ()*	Tephroite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Sn Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K Mn Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Covellite
Feldspar Garnet Nickeline None Olivine Pyrite Quartz Ramsdellite Rhodonite Rocksalt
Rutile Spinel Talc

35 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	27576	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	27576	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	27576	173
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	27576	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	27576	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	27576	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	27576	27198
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	27576	57
Coombsite ()*	None	KMn²⁺₁₃(Si,Al)₁₈O₄₂(OH)₁₄	0		3
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	27576	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	27576	599
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	27576	327
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	27576	2740
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	27576	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	27577	5433
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	27576	234
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	27576	210
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	1	27576	73
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	27576	186
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	1	27576	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	27576,27577	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	27576	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	27577	244
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	27576	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	27576	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	27576,27577	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	27576	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	27576,27577	969
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	27576	375
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	27576	249
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	27576,27577	1214
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	27576	3337
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2	27576,27577	240
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	27576	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060196	Morro Da Mina Mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R060196

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