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Acanthite
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Aenigmatite
'Agardite'
Akaganeite
Alabandite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
var: Pericline
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Alkali Feldspar'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Alluaudite
Almandine
'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Altaite
Aluminocopiapite
Alumotantite
Alunite
Amblygonite
'Amblygonite-Montebrasite Series'
Amphibole Supergroup
Analcime
Anatase
'Ancylite'
Ancylite-(Ce)
Andalusite
var: Viridine
Andradite
var: Melanite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
'Ankangite'
Ankerite
Annite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
Anorthoclase
Anthophyllite
'Anthosiderite'
Antigorite
Antimony
'Antitaenite'
'Apatite'
'var: Carbonate-rich Apatite'
'var: Collophane'
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
Arrojadite-(KFe) (TL)
Arrojadite-(PbFe) (TL)
Arsenopalladinite (TL)
Arsenopyrite
var: Danaite
Arupite (TL)
Astrophyllite
Atencioite (TL)
Atheneite (TL)
Augelite
Augite
var: Soda-Augite
Aurostibite
Autunite
'Axinite Group'
Azurite
Baddeleyite
Bahianite (TL)
Barbosalite (TL)
Barringerite
Baryte
Barytocalcite
Bassetite
'Bastnäsite'
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
'Bauxite'
Bementite
Bendadaite
Benjaminite
Beraunite
Berlinite
Bermanite
Berthierine
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Alkali-beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Blue Beryl (Maxixe)
var: Emerald
var: Goshenite
var: Heliodor
var: Morganite
Beryllonite
Berzelianite
β-Uranophane
Bílinite
'Biotite'
'var: Titanian Biotite'
Birnessite
Bismite
Bismoclite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bismutotantalite
Bityite
Bixbyite
Bohdanowiczite
Böhmite
Bornite
Bournonite
Brannerite
Brazilianite (TL)
Britholite-(Ce)
Brochantite
Brookite
Brucite
Brumadoite (TL)
'Burangaite-Matioliite Series'
Burbankite
Cacoxenite
Cahnite
Calaverite
Calcioancylite-(Ce)
'Calciopyrochlore'
Calcite
var: Ferroan Calcite
var: Iceland Spar
var: Manganoan Calcite
'Caldasite'
Calzirtite
Cancrinite
Carbocernaite
Carlhintzeite
Carlosbarbosaite (TL)
Carnallite
Carrollite
Cassiterite
var: Wood Tin
Catapleiite
Cavansite
Celadonite
Cerianite-(Ce)
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
'var: Phacolite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
'Chamosite-Clinochlore Series'
Chenevixite
Cheralite
Chernikovite
Chernovite-(Y)
'Chert'
'Chevkinite'
'Chevkinite Group'
Childrenite
'Childrenite-Eosphorite Series'
Chlorapatite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chrombismite
Chromite
var: Titaniferous Chromite
Chrysoberyl (TL)
var: Alexandrite
Chrysocolla
'Chrysoprase'
Chrysotile
Churchite-(Y)
Cinnabar
Claudetite
Clausthalite
'Clay'
Clinochlore
Clinoenstatite
Clinoferrosilite
Clinohumite
var: Titanclinohumite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
Cobaltite
Cobaltpentlandite
Coesite
Coffinite
Cohenite
Collinsite
Colquiriite
'Columbite'
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Cookeite
Coombsite
Cooperite
Copper
Cordierite
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Correianevesite (TL)
Corundum
var: Sapphire
Cosalite
Coutinhoite (TL)
Covellite
Crandallite
var: Strontian Crandallite
Crichtonite
Cristobalite
Crocoite
Cryolite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
Cuprorhodsite
Cyrilovite
Danalite
Derbylite (TL)
Descloizite
Diamond
var: Carbonado
Diaspore
'Diatomaceous Earth'
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
var: Manganoan Dolomite
Dravite
Dufrénite
Dukeite (TL)
Dumortierite
Dzhalindite
Eckermannite
Edenite
Edingtonite
Elbaite
var: Cuprian Elbaite
'Elbaite-Schorl Series'
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Eosphorite
Epidote
Epistilbite
Epsomite
Erlichmanite
Ernstite
Eskolaite
Euclase (TL)
Eudialyte
Eudialyte Group
var: Eucolite

Eudidymite
Euxenite-(Y)
Faheyite (TL)
Fairfieldite
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
var: Reinite
'Ferrazite'
Ferrihydrite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferripyrophyllite
Ferrisicklerite
Ferro-Actinolite
Ferro-edenite
Ferro-hornblende
Ferro-kaersutite
Ferrokentbrooksite
Ferro-pargasite
Ferrosaponite
Ferro-tschermakite
Fersmanite
Fersmite
'Florencite'
Florencite-(Ce) (TL)
Florencite-(La)
Fluocerite-(Ce)
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite
Fluorcalciomicrolite (TL)
Fluor-elbaite (TL)
Fluorite
Fluornatromicrolite (TL)
Foitite
Footemineite
Forsterite
Frohbergite
Frondelite (TL)
'Frondelite-Rockbridgeite Series'
Gagarinite-(Y)
Gahnite
Gaidonnayite
Galena
'Garnet'
'Garnierite'
Gedrite
Geikielite
Genthelvite
Geocronite
Georgechaoite
Gersdorffite
Geversite
Gibbsite
Gilalite
Gladite
'Glass'
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
var: Palladian Gold
var: Porpezite
Gonnardite
Gorceixite (TL)
Gordonite
Gormanite
'Gormanite-Souzalite Series'
Goudeyite
Goyazite (TL)
var: Barian Goyazite
Graftonite
Graphite
Greenalite
Greenockite
Greifensteinite
Grossular
Grunerite
Guanajuatite
Guimarãesite (TL)
'Guimaraesite (of Gagarin & Cuomo)'
'Gummite'
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Hainite
Haiweeite
Halite
'Halloysite'
Hastingsite
Hausmannite
Heazlewoodite
Hechtsbergite
'Hectorite'
Hedenbergite
Hedleyite
Helvine
Hematite
var: Martite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
Herderite
Hessite
Heterosite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Ca
Hilairite
Hinsdalite
Hollandite
Hollingworthite
Holmquistite
Honessite
Hongshiite
'Hornblende'
Hörnesite
Humboldtine
Humite
Hureaulite
var: Bastinite
Hydrokenomicrolite (TL)
Hydromagnesite
Hydrotalcite-2H
Hydroxycalcioroméite
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)
Hydroxylherderite
Hydrozincite
'Hypersthene'
'Iddingsite'
Illite
Ilmenite
'Ilsemannite'
Irarsite
Iron
var: Kamacite
Isoferroplatinum
Isokite
Isomertieite (TL)
Ixiolite
Jacobsite
Jacutingaite (TL)
Jadeite
'Jahnsite'
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)
'Jahnsite Group'
'Jahnsite-(MnMnMg)'
Jarosite
'Jaspillite'
Johnsomervilleite
Jordisite
'Joséite'
'Joséite-B' (TL)
Kaersutite
Kalinite
Kalsilite
Kalungaite (TL)
Kaolinite
Karibibite
Kentbrooksite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kidwellite
Kosnarite
Kotulskite
Kupletskite
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Lamprophyllite
'Lanthanite'
Lanthanite-(La)
Lanthanite-(Nd) (TL)
Laueite
Laumontite
Laurite
Låvenite
Lazulite
Lead
Legrandite
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
'Lessingite-(Ce)'
Leucite
Leucophosphite
'Leucoxene'
'Lévyne'
'Limonite'
Lindbergite (TL)
Lipscombite (TL)
Lithiophilite
'Lithiophilite-Triphylite Series'
Lithiophorite
Lithiophosphate
Lithiotantite
Lizardite
Löllingite
Ludlamite
Luinaite-(OH)
Mackinawite
Maghemite
'Magnesian hastingsite'
Magnesio-hornblende
Magnesite
var: Breunnerite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Malanite
Maldonite
'Manganese Oxides'
'var: Manganese Dendrites'
Manganite
Manganoeudialyte (TL)
Manganosite
Marcasite
Margarite
Marialite
'Maskelynite'
Matioliite (TL)
Maucherite
Meionite
'Melilite'
Melonite
Menezesite (TL)
Merenskyite
Merrillite
Mertieite-II
Mesolite
Messelite
Meta-autunite
Metaswitzerite
Metatorbernite
Metauranocircite
Metavivianite
Metazeunerite
'Meurigite'
Meurigite-K
'Mica Group'
Michenerite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite Group
var: Bariomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977) (TL)
var: Bismutomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
var: Stannomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977) (TL)
Milarite
Millerite
Minasgeraisite-(Y) (TL)
Minnesotaite
Mitridatite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monazite-(La)
Moncheite
Montebrasite
Montgomeryite
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Moraesite (TL)
Mordenite
Mosandrite
Mottramite
Murmanite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Muthmannite
Nacareniobsite-(Ce)
Narsarsukite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
'Natropyrochlore'
Natrotantite
Nekoite
Neotocite
Nepheline
Neptunite
Nickeline
Nontronite
Normandite
Norsethite
'Nováčekite '
Nováčekite-I
Nsutite
'Oligoclase-Andesine'
Olivenite
'Olivereiraite'
'Olivine'
Omeiite
Omphacite
Opal
var: Boulder Opal
var: Fire Opal
var: Jasper Opal
var: Opal-AN
var: Precious Opal
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Osarsite
Osmium
Oxykinoshitalite (TL)
Oxyplumboroméite
Pachnolite
Padmaite
'Palladinite'
Palladium (TL)
var: Platiniferous Palladium
Palladseite (TL)
Parabariomicrolite (TL)
Paragonite
Paravauxite
Pargasite
'Parisite'
Parsonsite
Pavonite
Pectolite
Pekoite
Pentlandite
Perovskite
'Perthite'
Petalite
'Petrified Wood'
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
'Phengite'
Phlogopite
var: Barium-Phlogopite
Phosgenite
Phosphoferrite
Phosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
Phurcalite
Pickeringite
Pigeonite
'Planerite-Turquoise Series'
Platarsite
Platinum
var: Palladian Platinum
'Plessite'
Plumbogummite
Pollucite
Polycrase-(Y)
Polylithionite
Potarite
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite
Powellite
Prehnite
Priderite
Pseudobrookite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pucherite
Purpurite
Pyrite
var: Arsenian Pyrite
var: Bravoite
'Pyrochlore'
Pyrochlore Group
var: Bariopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)
var: Ceriopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)
var: Plumbopyrochlore (of Skorobogatova et al.)
'Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)'

Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
var: Nickeloan Pyrrhotite
Qingheiite-(Fe2+) (TL)
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Ametrine
var: Blue Quartz
var: Carnelian
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Ferruginous Quartz
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Onyx
var: Quartzine
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Quintinite (TL)
Ralstonite
Rankamaite
Raspite
Rectorite
Reddingite
Reevesite
'Rhabdophane'
Rheniite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Richterite
Riebeckite
Rinkite
Robertsite
Rockbridgeite
'Roméite Group'
'var: Stibiconite'
Roquesite
Roscherite
'Roscherite Group'
Rosenbuschite
Rossmanite
Ruarsite
Ruifrancoite (TL)
Rustenburgite
Rutherfordine
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
var: Niobian Rutile
var: Strüverite
Sabugalite
Safflorite
Saléeite
Samarskite-(Y)
Sanidine
Saponite
Sarcopside
'Saussurite'
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schneiderhöhnite
Schorl
Schorlomite
Schreibersite
Schumacherite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Scorzalite (TL)
Segnitite
Sellaite
Senaite (TL)
Senegalite
Sepiolite
Sérandite
'Serpentine Group'
Serrabrancaite (TL)
Siderite
Siderophyllite
Siegenite
Sillimanite
Silver
Simpsonite
Sklodowskite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Sobolevskite
Sodalite
Souzalite (TL)
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Chromspinel
var: Pleonaste
Spodumene
var: Hiddenite
var: Kunzite
Stannite
'Stannite Group'
'Staringite'
Staurolite
var: Zincian Staurolite
Stellerite
Stewartite
Stibiopalladinite
Stibiotantalite
Stibnite
Stichtite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stilpnomelane
Stokesite
Stolzite
Strengite
Strontianite
Strunzite
Studtite
Stumpflite
Sudovikovite
Sulphotsumoite
Sulphur
Susannite
Svanbergite
'Sylvinite'
'Synchysite'
Synchysite-(Y)
Taenite
Tainiolite
Talc
var: Steatite
Tantalaeschynite-(Y) (TL)
'Tantalite'
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
'Tapiolite'
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Taramite Group
Tavorite (TL)
Tazheranite
Tellurium
Tellurobismuthite
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tephroite
'Testibiopalladite'
Tetradymite
Tetraferroplatinum
Tetrahedrite
Tetrataenite
Thorbastnäsite
Thoreaulite
Thorianite
Thorite
var: Orangite
Thorogummite
Thortveitite
Thorutite
Tinsleyite
Titanite
Tivanite
Tochilinite
Todorokite
Topaz
var: Imperial Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmalinated Quartz'
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
'var: Rubellite'
'var: Verdelite'
'var: Watermelon Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Trilithionite
Triphylite
Triplite
Triploidite
Tripuhyite (TL)
Tritomite-(Y)
Troilite
Tschermakite
Tschermigite
Tulameenite
Tungstenite
Tuperssuatsiaite
Turkestanite
Turquoise
Ullmannite
Ulvöspinel
'Unnamed (Bi Telluride Sulphide I)'
'Unnamed (Pb-Sb Alloy)'
Uralolite
Uraninite
Uranocircite
Uranophane
'Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)'
Ushkovite
Uvite (OH-dominant end-member) (TL)
Vaesite
Valentinite
Valleriite
Variscite
var: Ferrian Variscite
Vashegyite
Vauquelinite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Vigezzite
Villiaumite
Violarite
Vivianite
Volkonskoite
'Wad'
Wadeite
Wardite
Wavellite
Waylandite
Weeksite
Weishanite
'Whiteite'
Whiteite-(CaFeMg) (TL)
Whiteite-(CaMnMg)
Whiteite-(MnFeMg) (TL)
'Whiteite-(MnMnMg)'
Whitmoreite
Wodginite
Wolfeite
'Wolframite'
Wollastonite
Wölsendorfite
Woodhouseite
Wyllieite
Xanthoxenite
'Xenotime'
Xenotime-(Y)
Yanomamite (TL)
Zanazziite (TL)
Zeolite Group
Zeunerite
'Zinnwaldite'
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite
var: Orvillite
var: Ribeirite
Zirconolite
Zirkelite (TL)
Zoisite
Zunyite


961 entries listed. 663 valid minerals. 58 type localities (valid minerals). 3 type localities (others).

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References

Franco, R. R., Ed. (1972): Minerals of Brazil. 3 Volumes, Editora Edgard Blucher, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 426 pp. (in English and Portuguese)

Schobbenhaus, C. (1984) Distribution of mineral deposits through geologic time in Brazil. Int. Geol. Congress, 27th. (Moscow): 289.

Delaney, P. J. V. (1996): Gemstones of Brazil - Geology and Occurrence. 145 pp.

Atencio, D (2000): Type mineralogy of Brazil. Museu de Geociências, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 114 pp.

Kampf, A. R. & Simmons, W. B., Jr. (2000): Abstracts of the 21st Annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical Symposium: The Minerals of Brazil. Mineral. Rec. 31, 177-183.

Toenges, W. (2008): Die "Minas Gerais" von Brasilien. Der Anschnitt 60, 66-93 (in German).

Cornejo, C. and Bartorelli, A. (2009): Minerals & precious stones of Brazil. Solaris Cultural Publications, São Paulo, Brazil, 704 pp.

De Brito Barreto, Sandra and Bretas Bittar, Sheila Maria. (2010) The gemstone deposits of Brazil: occurrences, production and economic impact. Bol. Soc. Geol. Mex [online]. 2010, vol.62, n.1, pp. 123-140.


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