Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Três Pontas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 69447
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69447.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Três Pontas, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Coesite ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	77
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	154
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	341
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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