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:
Mantena, Minas Gerais, Brazil

mindat Locality ID: 409
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-409.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mantena, Minas Gerais, Brazil": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vicente Marinho Quarry

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brazilianite ()*	Calcite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be F Fe H K Li Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Tourmaline

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	27855	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	0		244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	0		59
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	27855	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	27855	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	27855	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	27855	9617
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	27855	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	27855	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	27855	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	27855	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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