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Prefeitura quarry, Poços de Caldas, Poços de Caldas plateau, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

(Pedreira da Prefeitura, Poços de Caldas, Planalto de Poços de Caldas)

Small, inactive quarry in the town of Poços de Caldas owned by the municipality. It was operated by the town and the nepheline syenite rock was used for road repairs etc. Narrow mineralized veins in nepheline syenite have interesting mineralogy.





Mineral List:
  		•  Aegirine
  		• Analcime
  		• Ancylite-(Ce)
  		• Ankerite
  		• Burbankite
  		• Calcioancylite-(Ce)
  		• Chamosite
  		• 'Chlorite Group'
  		• Fluorite
  		• Gaidonnayite
  		• Hainite
  		• Hilairite
  		• Ilmenite
  		• Kutnohorite
  		• Microcline
  		• Natrolite
  		• Nepheline
  		• Pectolite
  		• Pyrite
  		• Pyrophanite
  		• Quartz
  		• Sodalite
  		• Strontianite
  		• Titanite


    24 entries listed. 23 valid minerals.

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