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:
Padre Paraíso, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 480

mindat Locality ID: 24960
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24960.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Padre Paraíso, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Alemão Claim
Catugi (Três Barras)
Córrego Vermelho
Duas Barras
Faísca Claim

Latitude: 17°10'1"S
Longitude: 41°28'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.166944444444,-41.469444444444

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.

Apatite	Beryl	None	Olivine	Quartz	Topaz

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 Be Ca F O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl None Olivine Quartz Topaz

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Quartz ()*	Topaz ()*

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
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	520	480	4	27975,27976,27977,27978	4286
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	520	480	2	27974,27978	321
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	520	480	0		2740
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	520	480	0		61156
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	520	480	2	27975,27978	1476

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Alexandra-0434	G5 supersuite

1 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
	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

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