Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Paramirim, Bahia, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 380
Youngest recorded age at locality: 361

mindat Locality ID: 288265
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288265.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paramirim, Bahia, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Serra Da Mangabeira

Latitude: 12°30'33"S
Longitude: 42°15'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.509166666667,-42.264166666667

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.

Andalusite	Baryte	Brookite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote
Lazulite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Topaz	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Bahianite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*
Epidote ()*	Eskolaite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Topaz ()*
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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Baryte Brookite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diamond Diaspore Epidote
Lazulite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Spinel Staurolite Topaz Zircon

31 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	380	361	1	27090	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	380	361	1	27090	1310
Bahianite ()*	None	Al₅Sb⁵⁺₃O₁₄(OH)₂	380	361	1	27090	2
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	380	361	1	27090	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	380	361	1	27090	700
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	380	361	1	27090	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	380	361	1	27090	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	380	361	1	27090	321
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	380	361	1	27090	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	380	361	1	27090	697
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	380	361	1	27090	8173
Eskolaite ()*	Corundum	Cr₂O₃	380	361	1	27090	30
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	380	361	1	27090	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	380	361	1	27090	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	380	361	1	27090	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	380	361	1	27090	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	380	361	1	27090	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	380	361	1	27090	1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	380	361	1	27090	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	380	361	1	27090	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	380	361	1	27090	945
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	380	361	1	27090	495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	380	361	1	27090	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	380	361	1	27090	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	380	361	1	27090	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	380	361	1	27090	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	380	361	1	27090	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	380	361	1	27090	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	380	361	1	27090	978
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	380	361	1	27090	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	380	361	1	27090	5251

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
	Cr-00049	380	361	375	U-Pb			monazite, samarskite			Yes		Eskolaite	Cr	205487	Itambé, Bahia, Brazil	Bahia, ltambe	Gastil (1960)	10.2475/ajs.258.1.1	AJS258_1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050627	Paramirim, Bahia, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R050627
R060433	Paramirim, Bahia, Brazil	https://rruff.info/R060433

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