Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1192
Youngest recorded age at locality: 906

mindat Locality ID: 396
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-396.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Conselheiro Mata District
Extração District
Fazenda Do Vadi Claim
Guinda District
Inhaí
Jequitinhonha River
São João Da Chapada
Serra De Congonhas
Sopa

Latitude: 18°9'41"S
Longitude: 43°33'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.161388888889,-43.563888888889

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Brookite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Crichtonite	Diamond	Diaspore	Lazulite
Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tivanite
Tourmaline	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Brookite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Corundum ()*
Diamond ()*	Elbaite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*
Goyazite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lazulite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Senaite ()*	Tivanite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Au B Ba Be C Ce Cr Fe H Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O P Pb Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Brookite Clay Copper Corundum Crichtonite Diamond Diaspore Lazulite
Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rutile Spinel Tivanite
Tourmaline Zircon

27 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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1192	906	1	27681	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1192	906	1	27681	1310
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1192	906	0		700
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1192	906	1	27681	321
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	27661	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	993	942	20	27658,27659,27660,27663,27665,27667,27668,27670,27672,27674,27675,27676,27678,27679,27682,27683,27685,27686,27687,27688	697
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1192	906	1	27681	520
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1192	906	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1192	906	3	27667,27669,27681	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1192	906	2	27657,27681	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1192	906	2	27680,27681	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1192	906	1	27681	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	27661	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1192	906	1	27681	1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1192	906	1	27681	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1192	906	1	27681	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			2	27669,27673	945
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1192	906	0		170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1192	906	1	27681	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	27656	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1192	906	7	27655,27656,27661,27664,27669,27680,27681	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1192	906	2	27661,27681	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1192	906	1	27681	2705
Senaite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1192	906	1	27681	28
Tivanite ()*	Tivanite	TiV³⁺O₃(OH)			1	27661	3
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1192	906	1	27681	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1192	906	1	27681	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Cr-00024	993	942	990	U-Pb			monazite			Yes		Senaite	Cr	387	Minas Gerais, Brazil	Minas Gerais	Gastil (1960)	10.2475/ajs.258.1.1	AJS258_1
	GR22_200_0001	1192	906	1049 ± 143	U-Pb	host rock		zircon				Zircon			106220	Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Chemale (2012)		GR22_200

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060493	Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R060493

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