Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Minas Gerais is a state in Brazil and its name translated into English means General Mines. Many of the localities and photos here on Mindat are for specimens that have come from several rather distinct geological settings in the state. Probably the best known of these are the pegmatite minerals like Tourmaline, Beryl, Quartz etc that come from the pegmatites in the north west granitic region of the state and whose center, business wise if not geologically is the town of Governador Valadares. Another prolific producer of specimens are the quartz specimens that come from the sandstone formations in the northwest part of Minas Gerais. Their sale and distribution is centered in the town of Corinto, but there are many little towns in the sandstone region of the state that have quartz producing localities near them. Though there are many varieties of quartz from these sandstone deposits, they are usually sufficiently different from those produced by the granite pegmatites to the east that it is not hard to tell them apart. In this area is also the old colonial town of Diamantina that for perhaps 200 years was the center of diamond and gold production in Brazil. In southern part of the state is a big iron mining region that has produced some spectacular crystal specimens of hematite and countless tons off massive lapidary grade hematite. Though it would be possible for some of the mines to still produce lapidary grade hematite they don't want to sell in quantities of less than trains of 100 carloads of hematite. In Ouro Preto (black gold), the old colonial town where the School of Mines is located can be found dealers selling specimens of Imperial Topaz from deposits of that mineral near the town. Also near by is the famous gold mine at Nova Lima that is well known to collectors for its find specimens of Siderite, pink Apatite and other minerals. All in all the state is well named.
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Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite Actinolite Aegirine Aegirine-augite Alabandite Albite var: Andesine var: Cleavelandite var: Oligoclase var: Pericline 'Albite-Anorthite Series' 'Allanite' Alluaudite Almandine 'Almandine-Pyrope Series' 'Almandine-Spessartine Series' Alunite Amblygonite 'Amblygonite-Montebrasite Series' 'Amphibole Group' Analcime Anatase 'Ancylite' Ancylite-(Ce) Andalusite Andradite var: Melanite Anglesite Ankangite Ankerite Anorthite var: Labradorite Anthophyllite 'Anthosiderite' Antimony 'Apatite' Apophyllite-(KF) Aragonite Arfvedsonite Arrojadite-(KFe) Arrojadite-(PbFe) (TL) Arsenopalladinite (TL) Arsenopyrite Astrophyllite Atencioite (TL) Atheneite (TL) Augelite Augite var: Soda-Augite Aurostibite Autunite Baddeleyite Barbosalite (TL) Baryte 'Bastnäsite' Bastnäsite-(Ce) 'Bauxite' Bementite Bendadaite Benjaminite Beraunite Berlinite Bermanite Berthierine Berthierite Bertrandite Beryl var: Alkali-beryl var: Aquamarine var: Emerald var: Goshenite var: Heliodor var: Maxixe-Aquamarine var: Morganite Beryllonite Bílinite Biotite Birnessite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bismutite Böhmite Bornite Bournonite Brannerite Brazilianite (TL) Brookite Buergerite 'Burangaite-Matioliite Series' Burbankite Cacoxenite Calcioancylite-(Ce) Calcite var: Iceland Spar 'Caldasite' Calzirtite Cancrinite Carlosbarbosaite (TL) Cassiterite Catapleiite Cerianite-(Ce) Cerussite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chamosite Cheralite Chernovite-(Y) 'Chert' Childrenite 'Childrenite-Eosphorite Series' Chlorapatite 'Chlorite Group' Chromite var: Titaniferous Chromite Chromium-dravite Chrysoberyl var: Alexandrite Chrysotile Churchite-(Y) Cinnabar Claudetite 'Clay' Clinochlore Clinoenstatite Clinoferrosilite 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Clinozoisite Cobaltite Coeruleolactite Coesite Coffinite Collinsite Columbite Columbite-(Fe) Columbite-(Mn) 'Columbite-Tantalite' Cookeite Coombsite Cordierite Corundum Cosalite Coutinhoite (TL) Covellite Crandallite Crichtonite Crocoite Cryptomelane Cubanite Cummingtonite

Cyrilovite Derbylite (TL) Descloizite Diamond Dickite Diopside var: Chromian Diopside 'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series' Dolomite var: Ferroan Dolomite Dravite Dufrénite Dukeite (TL) Eckermannite Elbaite 'Elbaite-Schorl Series' Eosphorite Epidote Epsomite Ernstite ? Euclase (TL) Eudialyte Euxenite-(Y) Faheyite (TL) Fairfieldite Fayalite 'Feldspar Group' Ferberite Ferrihydrite Ferrisicklerite Ferro-Actinolite Ferro-edenite Ferrokentbrooksite Fersmanite 'Florencite' Florencite-(Ce) (TL) Fluocerite-(Ce) Fluorapatite var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite Fluor-elbaite (TL) Fluorite Foitite Footemineite Forsterite Frondelite (TL) Gaidonnayite Galena 'Garnet' 'Garnierite' Geocronite Georgechaoite Gersdorffite Gibbsite Goethite Gold var: Electrum var: Palladian Gold var: Porpezite Gonnardite Gorceixite (TL) Gordonite Gormanite 'Gormanite-Souzalite Series' Goyazite (TL) Graftonite Graphite Greenockite Greifensteinite Grossular Guimarãesite (TL) 'Guimaraesite (of Gagarin & Cuomo)' 'Gummite' Gypsum var: Selenite Hainite Haiweeite Halloysite Hausmannite Hechtsbergite Hedleyite Helvite Hematite var: Martite var: Specularite Hemimorphite Herderite Heterosite Heulandite-Ca Hilairite Holmquistite Hongshiite 'Hornblende' Hörnesite Humboldtine Hureaulite var: Bastinite Hydroxycalcioroméite Hydroxylapatite Hydroxylherderite Hypersthene Illite Ilmenite Ilsemannite Irarsite Iron var: Kamacite Isokite Isomertieite (TL) Jacutingaite (TL) Jadeite 'Jahnsite' Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) Jarosite Johnsomervilleite Jordisite Joséite Kalinite Kalsilite Kambaldaite ? Kaolinite Karibibite Katophorite Kentbrooksite 'K Feldspar' 'var: Adularia' Kidwellite Kosnarite Kotulskite Kupletskite Kutnohorite Kyanite Lamprophyllite Landesite ? Lanthanite-(Nd) Laueite Låvenite Lazulite Legrandite Lepidocrocite Lepidolite 'Lessingite-(Ce)' Leucite Leucophosphite Leucoxene Liddicoatite

Limonite Lindbergite (TL) Lipscombite (TL) Lithiophilite 'Lithiophilite-Triphylite Series' Lithiophorite Lithiophosphate Löllingite Ludlamite Luinaite-(OH) Mackinawite Magnesite var: Breunnerite Magnetite var: Titaniferous Magnetite Maldonite 'Manganese Oxides' 'var: Manganese Dendrites' Manganite Manganoeudialyte (TL) Manganosite Marcasite Matioliite (TL) Maucherite 'Melilite' Melonite Merenskyite Merrillite Mertieite-II Messelite Meurigite-K 'Mica Group' Microcline var: Amazonite Microlite Group var: Bariomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977) (TL) var: Plumbomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977) ? var: Stannomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977) var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977) (TL) Milarite Minasgeraisite-(Y) (TL) Mitridatite Molybdenite Molybdite 'Monazite' Monazite-(Ce) Montebrasite Montgomeryite Montmorillonite Moraesite (TL) Mosandrite Muscovite var: Fuchsite var: Sericite Natrojarosite Natrolite Neotocite Nepheline Neptunite Nickeline Nontronite Normandite Norsethite Nsutite Olivereiraite 'Olivine' Omeiite Omphacite Opal var: Opal-AN Orthoclase 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' Osarsite Oxycalciomicrolite Oxyplumboroméite Palladinite Palladium (TL) var: Platiniferous Palladium Palladseite (TL) Paragonite Paravauxite Parsonsite Pavonite Pectolite Pentlandite Perovskite 'Perthite' Petalite Pharmacosiderite Phenakite Phengite Phlogopite Phosphoferrite Phosphosiderite Phosphuranylite Pickeringite Pigeonite 'Planerite-Turquoise Series' Platinum var: Palladian Platinum 'Plessite' Plumbogummite Pollucite Polycrase-(Y) Potarite Povondraite 'Psilomelane' Pucherite Purpurite Pyrite var: Arsenian Pyrite var: Bravoite Pyrochlore Group var: Bariopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977) var: Ceriopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977) Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Pyrope var: Rhodolite ? Pyrophanite Pyrophyllite 'Pyroxene Group' Pyroxmangite Pyrrhotite Qingheiite-(Fe2+) (TL) Quartz var: Agate var: Amethyst var: Ametrine var: Blue Quartz var: Chalcedony var: Citrine var: Rock Crystal var: Rose Quartz var: Rutilated Quartz var: Sceptre Quartz var: Smoky Quartz Rankamaite Raspite Reddingite 'Rhabdophane' Rheniite Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Riebeckite Rinkite Robertsite

Rockbridgeite Romanèchite ? Roméite Group var: Stibiconite Roscherite 'Roscherite Group' Rosenbuschite Ruifrancoite (TL) Rutherfordine Rutile var: Strüverite Sabugalite Saléeite Samarskite-(Y) Sanidine Sarcopside Scheelite Schneiderhöhnite Schorl Schreibersite Schumacherite Scorodite Scorzalite (TL) Senaite (TL) Senegalite 'Serpentine Group' Siderite Siegenite Sillimanite Silver Simpsonite 'Smectite Group' Smithsonite Sodalite Souzalite (TL) Sperrylite Spessartine Sphalerite Spinel var: Pleonaste Spodumene var: Hiddenite var: Kunzite Staringite Staurolite Stewartite Stibiotantalite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Stokesite Stolzite Strengite Strontianite Strunzite Studtite Sudovikovite Sulphur Taenite Tainiolite Talc var: Steatite Tantalite Tantalite-(Fe) Tantalite-(Mn) 'Tapiolite' Tapiolite-(Fe) Taramite Tavorite (TL) Tellurobismuthite Tennantite Tephroite Testibiopalladite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Thorbastnäsite Thoreaulite Thorianite Thorite Thorogummite Tinsleyite Titanite Tivanite Todorokite Topaz var: Imperial Topaz Torbernite 'Tourmalinated Quartz' 'Tourmaline' 'var: Indicolite' 'var: Rubellite' 'var: Verdelite' 'var: Watermelon Tourmaline' Tremolite Tridymite Triphylite Triplite Tripuhyite (TL) Troilite Tschermakite Tschermigite Tuperssuatsiaite Turquoise Ullmannite 'Unnamed (Bi Telluride Sulphide I)' Uralolite Uraninite Uranocircite Uranophane Ushkovite Uvite Valentinite Valleriite Variscite var: Ferrian Variscite Vashegyite Vauquelinite Vermiculite Villiaumite Violarite Vivianite 'Wad' Wadeite Wardite Weeksite Weishanite Whewellite 'Whiteite' Whiteite-(CaFeMg) (TL) 'Whiteite Group' ? Whiteite-(MnFeMg) (TL) Witherite Wodginite Wolfeite Wolframite Wollastonite Wölsendorfite Wyllieite Xanthoxenite Xenotime-(Y) Zanazziite (TL) Zeolite Group Zinnwaldite Zircon var: Orvillite

680 entries listed. 431 valid minerals. 38 type localities (valid minerals). 2 type localities (others). 8 erroneous literature entries.

Localities in this Region

Brazil Minas Gerais Andrelândia Antônio Dias Hematita Itaitinga mine Limeira pegmatite Piçarrão road Arapuá Araxá Barreiro Bagagem valley Cascalho Rico Iraí de Minas Monte Carmelo Monte Carmelo claim Romaria (Água Suja) Romaria mine Bocaiúva Bocaiúva meteorite Brumadinho Córrego do Feijão mine Jangada Mine (Coluna Mine) Buenópolis Serra do Cabral Caiana (Cayana) Caiana pegmatite Careaçu Claraval Canoas River Conceição do Mato Dentro São José de Brejaúba (São José de Bryamba) Posse Mine (Posse Farm) Congonhas do Campo Casa de Pedra Mine Goiabeira Mine Conselheiro Lafaiete (old Queluz de Minas) Morro da Mina Mine Piquiri mine (Piquery mine) Corinto Coromandel Douradinhos River Curvelo Datas (Dattas) Barro Preto claim Datas de Cima claim Palmital claim Surrão claim Vintém claim Divinésia (ex-Divino de Ubá) Doce valley Água Boa Benedito mine Criminoso claim Urupuca mine Aimorés Conselheiro Pena Barra do Cuité Boa Vista pegmatite Bode claim Cigana claim (Jocão claim) Eduardo mine Escondido pegmatite Itatiaia mine Jonas Mine Macaco mine Coroaci Divino das Laranjeiras Linópolis Galiléia Laranjeiras Sapucaia do Norte Urucum mine (Tim mine; Córrego do Urucum pegmatite) Goiabeira Jair Medeiros pegmatite Governador Valadares Freirinha pegmatite Golconda pegmatite Governador Valadares Martian meteorite Ibituruna Peak Ipê mine Itambacuri Santa Rosa mine Itanhomi Valentim claim Materlândia Pouso Alto pegmatite Mendes Pimentel Escola pegmatite Gentil claim João Modesto dos Santos claim (Zé Bento claim) Roberto pegmatite Valadares Minério pegmatite Resplendor Jairo Mine Vargem Grande claim Sabinópolis Barra do Cachoeira pegmatite Gemas do Futuro pegmatite Grota da Generosa mine Santa Rita do Itueto Patrimonio pegmatite São Geraldo do Baixio Jabuti mine (Jaboti mine) São José da Safira Aricanga mine Chiar mine Cruzeiro mine Pederneira claim Virgolândia Impeçado mine Espera Feliz Bicas pegmatite Ferros Brejaúba pegmatite Caracol pegmatite Coité pegmatite Esmeralda de Ferros Mine Providência farm Fortaleza de Minas O'Toole deposit Francisco Dumont Gouveia Batatal Mine Cuiabá District Iron Quadrangle Belo Horizonte Caeté Caeté mine Juca Vieira mine Itabira Belmont mine Cauê mine Chacrinha Mine Conceição mine Dois Córregos mine Esmeril Mine Morro Agudo Mine (Agua Limpa Mine) Periquito Mine Piteiras mine Rocha Mineração mine Itabirito Morro de São Vicente Pico Mine Santa Isabel mine João Monlevade Andrade Mine Nova Era Aleixo pegmatite Canta Galo mine Capoeirana claim Nova Lima Águas Claras Mine Bela Fama prospect Bicalho Au deposit Capão Xavier Mine Morro Velho mine (incl. Mina Velha; Mina Grande) Paciência prospect Rio do Peixe Mine Santana mine Tamanduá Mine Raposos Raposos Mine Sabará Cuiabá mine Lamego Au deposit Santa Bárbara Brumal mine Córrego do Sitio Au deposit Gongo Soco mine Santa Quitéria mine São Bento mine Itacambira Itapecerica Itatiaiuçu Jaboticatubas Jaguaraçu Jaguaraçu pegmatite (José Miranda mine; José Pinto mine; Carneirinho mine) Jequitai Jequitinhonha Valley Araçuaí (Arassuaí) Fumal pegmatite Igrejinha pegmatite Jirau Mamona pegmatite Regal Mine Capelinha Campo do Boa Mine Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine Caraí Marambaia Marambainha Coronel Murta Água Santa pegmatite Arqueana mine Barra de Salinas José Carlos pegmatite Lagoa da Cruz pegmatite Limeira pegmatite Machicho claim Morro Redondo mine Ouro Fino Paineira claim (Carlau claim) Pairobeira pegmatite Poa Alta Mine Terra Corrida claim (Baixão claim) Xuxu Fernandes pegmatite Diamantina Batatal farm Cabaçaco (Cabassaco) claim Curralinho Extração Fazenda do Vadi claim Guinda Jequitinhonha river Mata dos Criolos (Matta dos Creoulos) Paulista São João da Chapada Serra de Congonhas Sopa Grão Mogol Itamarandiba Itinga Beirão Jenipapo district Miguel Chalubi Monte Belo Taquaral Teixerinha mine Minas Novas Calhão creek Palmital Mine Ribeirão das Folhas Novo Cruzeiro Padre Paraíso Corrego Vermelho Duas Barras Faísca claim Três Barras Pedra Azul (old Fortaleza) Rubilita Fazenda Gramiais Salinas Bananal pegmatite Setubinha Virgem da Lapa Bruno pegmatite Campinus pegmatite Córrego do Limoeiro claim Manoel Mutuca Mine Toca da Onça pegmatite Xanda mine (Xandra mine)

Brazil Minas Gerais Joaquim Felício Pé da Serra farm Seminário farm Manhuaçu Manhuaçu pegmatite Mantena Vicente Marinho quarry Mariana (Marianna de Itacolumy) Cibrão Mine Furquim Monsenhor Horta Morro do Fraga Passagem de Mariana District Passagem de Mariana Mine Sant' Ana Mine São José mine (San José mine) Sumidouro Marilac Veadinho claims (Viadinho claims) Martinho Campos Ibitira Ibitira meteorite Medina Serrinha pegmatite Montalvânia Parela range Joel Mine Montes Claros Francisco Sa' diggings Serra da Vieira Lapa Grande caves Mortes valley Nazareno Volta Grande pegmatites São João del Rei Chi-Chico Mucuri valley Catuji Pioneira mine Malacacheta Córrego do Fogo São Pedro claim Setubal river Pavão Ariranha pegmatite Teófilo Otoni Muguri Mine Nova União Altamira district Ouro Preto Antônio Pereira Dom Bosco (old Hargreaves) Dom Bosco Mine Morro do Bule Morro do Caxambu (Caixambú) Gambá lake Miguel Burnier (São Julião) Morro São Sebastião Rodrigo Silva Bico de Pedra Boa Vista Capão Mine Trino Mine Saramenha Vermelhão Mine Timbopeba Mine Tripuí (Tripuhy) Três Cruzes farm Pará de Minas Paracatu Morro Agudo mine Morro do Ouro mine Patos de Minas Pântano Pântano intrusion Patrocínio São João da Serra Negra Serra Negra deposit Perdões Poços de Caldas plateau Caldas Osamu Utsumi mine (Campo do Cercado) Poços de Caldas Bortolan quarry Campo do Agostinho Morro do Ferro ("Morro Alto e Consulta") Morro do Serrote Pedra Balão Prefeitura quarry Ponte Nova Pratápolis Morro do Niquel mine Presidente Kubitschek Guariba farm Veludo claim Rio Acima Mostarda Mine Rio Piracicaba (Old São Miguel de Piracicaba) Morro Agudo pegmatite Talho Aberto pegmatite Rio Pomba Rochedo de Minas Rubelita Santa Maria de Itabira Jatobá pegmatite Morro Escuro pegmatite Ponte da Raiz mine Santa Maria de Itabira mine Santa Maria do Suaçui Poaia Poaia pegmatite Santana do Riacho São Cristobal São Gonaçalo do Abaeté Abaeté River (Rio Abaeté) São Gonçalo do Sapucai São Gotardo São Sebastião da Bela Vista São Sebastião do Maranhão Santana do Encoberto (Santa do Encoberto) Serra do Cipó Serra do Salitre Serra do Salitre carbonatite Serro (Serro Frio; Cerrado Frio) Bom Sucesso Creek Milho Verde Campo Alegre mine Lages mine Sete Lagoas Tapira Tapira Complex Thomas Gonzaga Tocantins Pomba valley Santa Clara Três Pontas Ubá Ubari Vargem Alegre Indaiá occurrence Varginha Varjão de Minas Abaeté River (Rio Abaeté) Vazante Vazante Mine

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