Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 68200
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68200.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rio De Janeiro, Brazil": 54
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 44
Child Localities:
Angra Dos Reis
Aperibé
Araruama
Areal
Armação Dos Búzios
Arraial Do Cabo
Barra Do Piraí
Barra Mansa
Belford Roxo
Bom Jardim
Bom Jesus Do Itabapoana
Cabo Frio
Cachoeiras De Macacu
Cambuci
Campos Dos Goytacazes
Cantagalo
Carapebus
Cardoso Moreira
Carmo
Casimiro De Abreu
Comendador Levy Gasparian
Conceição De Macabu
Cordeiro
Duas Barras
Duque De Caxias
Engenheiro Paulo De Frontin
Guapimirim
Iguaba Grande
Itaboraí
Itaguaí
Italva
Itaocara
Itaperuna
Itatiaia
Japeri
Laje Do Muriaé
Macaé
Macuco
Nova Iguaçu
Rio Bonito
Rio De Janeiro
São Francisco Do Itabapoana
São João Da Barra
Saquarema

Latitude: 22°31'1"S
Longitude: 42°50'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.516944444444,-42.848611111111

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.

Allanite	Apatite	Baddeleyite	Beryl	Calcite	Cerite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Wöhlerite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Celsian ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Corundum ()*
Daubréelite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hiortdahlite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kirschsteinite ()*	Låvenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	Rutile ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*
Whitlockite ()*	Wöhlerite ()*	Yttrialite-(Y) ()*	Yttrocolumbite-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*
Zirconolite ()*

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 Ce Cr F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Apatite Baddeleyite Beryl Calcite Cerite Chlorite Clay Columbite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Tridymite Wöhlerite Zircon Zirconolite

41 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	28455	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	28454	706
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	28409	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	28409	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	28409	238
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	28419	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	28449	27770
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	28409	100
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	23	2.6	0		1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	23	2.6	0		1797
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄			1	28409	157
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	28445	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			3	28439,28445,28453	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	28409	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	28449	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	28455	14640
Hiortdahlite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄(Ca_0.5Zr_0.5)Zr(Si₂O₇)₂OF₃			1	28445	21
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	23	2.6	3	28419,28458,28459	5433
Kirschsteinite ()*	Olivine	CaFe²⁺(SiO₄)			1	28409	33
Låvenite ()*	Wöhlerite	(Na,Ca)₄(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₂(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄			1	28445	58
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	28409	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	28409	230
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	28439,28455	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	28445	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	28439	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃			1	28445	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	28452	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	2.6	4	28439,28445,28455,28458	61156
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂			1	28445	53
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	2.6	1	28458	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	28460	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	28409	1934
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	28445	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	28445,28455	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	28409	1044
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆			1	28409	104
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄			1	28445	83
Yttrialite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₂Si₂O₇			1	28445	25
Yttrocolumbite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Nb,Ta)O₄			1	28445	3
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	23	2.6	5	28419,28445,28455,28458,28459	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇			1	28445	140

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
	ree-00164	23	2.6	Late Tertiary											158023	Buena, São Francisco Do Itabapoana, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil	Buena (Buena Norte, Buena Sul)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050144	Rio De Janeiro, Brazil	https://rruff.info/X050144

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