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Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil

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Multiple photos availableDravite : [Na][Mg3][Al6][(OH)3|OH|(BO3)3|Si6O18]

Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil

Superb lustrous reddish-brown prismatic terminated crystals of dravite to 1.5 cm in length are covering matrix. Size: 4.7 x 4.1 x 2.6 cm.
 © Dan Weinrich MineralsPhoto ID: 227105    View Count: 35

Hematite : Fe2O3

Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil

4 cm crystal. S411-101
Photographer's specimen, deacquisitioned.
 © 2009, JGWPhoto ID: 250489    View Count: 29

Magnesite : MgCO3, Uvite : [Ca][(Mg,Fe2+)3][MgAl5][(OH)3|F|(BO3)3|Si6O18], Goethite : α-Fe3+O(OH)

Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil

Colorless magnesite crystals with brown uvite crystals and minor goethite. sample size 10 x 6,5 cm.
 © BráulioPhoto ID: 47850    View Count: 312

Magnesite : MgCO3, Goethite : α-Fe3+O(OH)

Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil

Magnesite crystal group partially covered by Goethite micro spheres. Size 4x3x2cm. Rafael Hernandes Corrêa-Silva Collection
 © BrhoundsPhoto ID: 58152    View Count: 273

Magnesite : MgCO3

Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil

Transparent crystals of magnesite, the main one measuring 3 cm in size. Specimen size: 6.1 x 2.8 x 5.4 cm.
 © Javier TaguasPhoto ID: 57752    View Count: 257

Magnesite : MgCO3

Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil

Choice glassy transparent colorless rhombohedral crystals of magnesite to 5.8 cm across are forming a matrix-less twinned cluster. Size: 5.8 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm.
 © Dan Weinrich MineralsPhoto ID: 226780    View Count: 51

Nováčekite-I : Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O

Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil

2.1 x 2.0 x 0.4 cm. Novacekite is an uncommon magnesium uranyl arsenate. This fine thumbnail consists of lustrous, layered plates of pastel-yellow novacekite and is from the Pedra Preta Mine, near Brumado, Brazil. The world’s finest novacekites come from this area. Old material. Ex. Carl Davis Collection.
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 222339    View Count: 75

Quartz : SiO2

Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil

9 cm
 © BráulioPhoto ID: 48501    View Count: 302

Rutile : TiO2

Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil

Superb 2.9 x 1.7 cm grouping of lustrous and sharp crystals of rutile. The longest crystal in this group is 2.3 cm in length.
 © 1995-2001 Trinity Mineral Co.Photo ID: 1470    View Count: 704

Multiple photos availableRutile : TiO2, Uvite : [Ca][(Mg,Fe2+)3][MgAl5][(OH)3|F|(BO3)3|Si6O18], Magnesite : MgCO3, Goethite : α-Fe3+O(OH)

Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil

5 mm perfect and well shaped rutile crystal beside green gemmy uvite tourmaline and minor goethite globules in a massive magnesite aggregate.
 © BráulioPhoto ID: 67308    View Count: 249
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