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Borborema mineral province, Paraíba, Northeast Region, Brazil

Ref.:
- Johnston, W.D., Jr. (1945) Beryl-tantalite pegmatites of northeastern Brazil. Geological Society of America Bulletin: 56: 1015-1070.
- Rolff, P.A.M.A. (1946) Minerais dos pegmatitos da Borborema. DNPM/DFPM: 78: 24-76.
- Ebert, H. and Claro, R. (1970) The Precambrian geology of the "Borborema" belt (states of Paraiba and Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil) and the origin of its mineral provinces. Geol. Rundschau: 59: 1292-1326.
- Jardim, De Sá, E.F. and Salim, J. (1980) Reavaliaçõ dos conceitos estratigraficos na região do Seridó (RN/PB). Mineralogy and Metallurgy: 80: 16-28.
- Jardim, De Sá, E.F., Legrand, J.M., and McReath, I. (1981) "Estratigrafia" das rochas granitóides na região do Seridó (Pb-RN) com base em critérios estruturais. Rev. Brasil. Geocienc.: 11: 50-57.
- Jardim, De Sá, E.F. (1984) Geologia da região do Seridó: reavaliaçõ de dados. In: 11th. Simp. Geol. Nordeste. Soc. Bras. Geol.: 278-296.
- Agrawai, V.N. (1986) Structural evidence for an early episode of pegmatite emplacement in the Seridó Group. In: 12th. Simp. Geol. Nordeste. Soc. Brasil Geol.: 282-289 (abstract).
- Lima, E.S. (1986) Metamorphism and tectonic evolution in the Seridó region, northeastern Brazil. Ph.D. thesis, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
- Corsini, M.,, Vauchez, A., Archanjo, C.J., and Jardim de Sá, E.F. (1991) Strain transfer at continental scale from a transcurrent shear zone to a transdepressional fold belt: the Patos-Seridó System, northeastern Brazil. Geology: 19: 586-589.
- Lima, E.S. (1992) Metamorphic conditions in the Seridó region of northeastern Brazil during the Brasiliano cycle (Late Proterozoic). J.S. Am. Earth Sci.: 5: 265-273.
- Da Silva, M.R.R. (1993) Petrographical and Geochemical Investigations of pegmatites in the Boroborema Province of northeastern Brazil. Ph.D. thesis, University of München, München, Germany.
- Beurlen, H. (1995) The mineral resources of the Borborema Province in northeastern Brazil and its sedimentary cover: a review: J.S. Am. Earth Sci.: 8: 365-376.
- Da Silva, M.R.R., Höll, R., and Beurlen, H. (1995) Borborema pegmatitic province: geological and geochemical charactereistics. J.S. Am. Earth Sci.: 8: 355-364.
- Jardim, De Sá, E.F., Fuck, R.A., Macedo, M.H.F., Pecaut, J.J., Kawashita, K., Souza, Z.S., and Bertrand, J.M. (1995) Pre-Brasiliano orogenic evolution in the Seridó Belt, NE Brazil: conflicting geochronological and structural data. Rev. Brasil. Geosci.: 25: 307-314.
- Brito Neves, B.B., Dos Santos, E.J., and Van Schmus, W.R. (2000) Tectonic history of the Boroborema Province, northeastern Brazil. In: Tectonic Evolution of South America (U. Cordani, E.J. Milani, A Thomas Filho & D.A. Campos, editors). Proceedings of the International Geological Congress, 31st. (Rio de Janeiro: 151-182.
- Araújo, M.N.C., Alves da Silva, F.C., and Jardim de Sà, E.F. (2001) Pegmatite emplacement in the Seridó Belt, northeastern Brazil: late stage kinematics of the Brasiliano oroge n Gondwana Res.: 4(1): 75-85.
- Baumgartner, R. (2001) Genèse des pegmatites à colombo-tantalite et béryl de la province pegmatique Seridó (Rio Grande do Norte, Brésil). Thèse de maîtríse, University de Genève, Genève, Suisse.
- Beurlen, H., Da Silva, M.R.R., and De Castro, C. (2001) Fluid inclusion microthermometry in Be-Ta-(Li-Sn)-bearing pegmatites from the Boroborema Province, northeast Brazil. Chem. Geol.: 173: 107-123.
- Baumgartner, R., Romer, R.L., Moritz, R., Sallet, R., and Chiaradia, M. (2006) Columbite-tantalite-bearing granitic pegmatites from the Seridó belt, northeastern Brazil: Genetic constraints from U=Pb dating and Pb isotopes. Canadian Mineralogist: 44: 69-86.
- Souza Neto, J.A., Legrand, J.M., Volfinger, M., Pascal, M.-L., and Sonnet, P. (2008): W–Au skarns in the Neo-Proterozoic Seridó Mobile Belt, Borborema Province in northeastern Brazil: an overview with emphasis on the Bonfim deposit. Mineralium Deposita 43, 185-205.
- Beurlen, H., Da Silva, M.R.R., Thomas, R., Soares, D.R., and Olivier, P. (2008): Nb–Ta–(Ti–Sn) oxide mineral chemistry as tracer of rare element granitic pegmatite fractionation in the Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil. Mineralium Deposita 43, 207-228.




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


Mineral List:
Actinolite
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Almandine
Amblygonite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
Arrojadite-(KFe) (TL)
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Barbosalite
Bermanite
Beryl
Biotite
Bismutomicrolite
Bismutotantalite
Bornite
Brazilianite
Carlhintzeite
Cassiterite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysoberyl
Clinochlore
Clinohumite
Clinozoisite
Colquiriite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
Crandallite
var: Strontian Crandallite

Cyrilovite
Diopside
Edenite
Epidote
Ferrisicklerite
Ferro-Actinolite
Ferrohornblende
Ferropargasite
Ferrotschermakite
Fersmite
Fluorite
Fluornatromicrolite (TL)
Frondelite
Gahnite
Galena
'Garnet Group'
Gold
Goyazite
var: Barian Goyazite

Grossular
Grunerite
Hastingsite
Hedenbergite
Heterosite
'Hornblende'
Humite
Hureaulite
Hydroxylherderite
Ilmenite
Ixiolite
Lepidolite
Limonite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnetite
Microcline
Microlite
Mitridatite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
Pachnolite
Pargasite
Phosphosiderite
Prehnite
Pyrite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Ralstonite
Rhodonite
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile

var: Strüverite
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
'Sericite'
Serrabrancaite (TL)
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spodumene
Sulphur
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Tavorite
Titanite
'Tourmaline
var: Indicolite'

'var: Verdelite'
Tremolite
Triphylite
Triplite
Tschermakite
Uraninite
Vesuvianite
'Wad'
Wodginite
'Zeolite Group'


192 entries listed. 86 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Brazil
 
  • Northeast Region
    • Paraíba
      • Borborema mineral province
        • Catingueira
          • Alto do Lira

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