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Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Actinolite
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Almandine
Alumotantite
'Amblygonite-Montebrasite Series'
'Amphibole Group'
Andalusite
Andradite
Ankerite
Anorthite
Anthophyllite
'Apatite'
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Azurite
Baryte
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Heliodor
Biotite
Bismite
Bismoclite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bismutotantalite
Bornite
Brannerite
Brazilianite
Calcite
Cassiterite
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
Clinozoisite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
Cookeite
Cordierite
Coronadite
Covellite
Crandallite
Cummingtonite
Digenite
Diopside
Dravite
Elbaite
var: Cuprian Elbaite
'Elbaite-Schorl Series'
Eosphorite
Epidote
Euclase
Ferberite
var: Reinite
Fersmite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Gahnite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gladite
Goethite
Gold
Grossular
Hastingsite
Hectorite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hessite
'Hornblende'
Ilmenite
Ixiolite
Joséite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Lazulite
Lepidolite
Lithiophilite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnetite
Malachite
Meionite
Microcline
Microlite Group
var: Bismutomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Natrotantite
'Olivine'
Opal
Parabariomicrolite (TL)
Pekoite
Petalite
Phlogopite
Phosphuranylite
Powellite
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Smoky Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Rutile
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile

var: Strüverite
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
'Serpentine Group'
Sillimanite
Simpsonite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spodumene
Staurolite
Stibiotantalite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Talc
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
'Tapiolite'
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Thorite
Titanite
Topaz ?
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Triphylite
Triplite
Triploidite
Tungstenite
Uraninite
Uranophane
Uranpyrochlore
Vesuvianite
Waylandite
Wollastonite
'Xenotime'
Zircon
Zoisite


159 entries listed. 118 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

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References

- 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.
- Beurlen, H.; Müller, A.; Silva, D.; Da Silva, M.R.R. (2011): Petrogenetic significance of LA-ICP-MS trace-element data on quartz from the Borborema Pegmatite Province, northeast Brazil. Mineral. Mag. 75, 2703-2719.

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