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:
Boqueirão Pegmatite, Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 524.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 522.3

mindat Locality ID: 4461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boqueirão Pegmatite, Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 6°41'49"S
Longitude: 36°38'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.6969444444444,-36.638055555556

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.

Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brazilianite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*

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 Be Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Ta Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Ta Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	524.5	522.3	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	524.5	522.3	4286
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	524.5	522.3	59
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	524.5	522.3	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	524.5	522.3	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	524.5	522.3	289
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	524.5	522.3	155
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	524.5	522.3	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	524.5	522.3	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	524.5	522.3	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	524.5	522.3	5614
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	524.5	522.3	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	524.5	522.3	211

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
	Alexandra-0140	524.5	522.3	523.4 ± 1.1	Ar-Ar	Age of intrusion		biotite, thorianite							4461	Boqueirão Pegmatite, Parelhas, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Boqueirão	Beurlen et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.jsames.2014.08.007	JSAES56_110

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