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Locality Name:
Água Boa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 540
Youngest recorded age at locality: 525

mindat Locality ID: 204383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204383.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Água Boa, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Benedito Mine
Criminoso Claim
Urupuca Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Be Ca F Fe H Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
HureauliteLazuliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteRoscheriteSphalerite
Tourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Althausite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Greifensteinite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Reddingite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Roscherite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Althausite  (*)Not in a structural groupMg4(PO4)2(OH,O)(F,   )5405251274915
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)254052512749143
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)540525227490,27492520
Greifensteinite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Be4Fe2+5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O54052512749127
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O540525127491125
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO254052512749161156
Reddingite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+3(PO4)2·3H2O54052512749124
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5540525127491206
Roscherite  (*)RoscheriteCa2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O54052512749122
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS54052512749121482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6540525127492688


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Alexandra-0438G3 supersuite


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Alexandra-0438540525540-525U–Pb zircon, monazite     204383Água Boa, Minas Gerais, BrazilÁgua BoaPedrosa-Soares et al. (2011)10.1144/SP350.3GSSP350_25 

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