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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).




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


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
'Adularia'
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
'Agardite'
Akaganeite
Alabandite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Alluaudite
Almandine
'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
Altaite
Aluminocopiapite
Alumotantite
Alunite
Amblygonite
'Amblygonite-Montebrasite Series'
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Anatase
'Ancylite'
Ancylite-(Ce)
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Melanite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
Anorthoclase
Anthophyllite
'Anthosiderite'
Antimony
Antitaenite
'Apatite'
'var: Collophane'
Apatite-(CaCl)
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)
Apatite-(CaOH)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)
'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'
Azurite
Baddeleyite
var: Caldasite
Bahianite (TL)
Barbosalite (TL)
Bariomicrolite (TL)
Bariopyrochlore
Barringerite
Baryte
Bassetite
'Bastnäsite'
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
'Bauxite'
Bementite
Bendadaite
Benjaminite
Beraunite
Berlinite
Bermanite
Berthierine
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Alkali-beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
var: Goshenite
var: Heliodor
var: Maxixe-Aquamarine
var: Morganite
Beryllonite
Berzelianite
Betafite
β-Uranophane
Bílinite
Bindheimite
Biotite
var: Titanbiotite
Birnessite
Bismite
Bismoclite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bismutomicrolite
Bismutotantalite
Bohdanowiczite
Böhmite
Bornite
Bournonite
Brannerite
Brazilianite (TL)
Brookite
Brucite
Brumadoite (TL)
Buergerite
'Burangaite-Matioliite Series'
Burbankite
Cacoxenite
Cahnite
Calaverite
Calcioancylite-(Ce)
Calcite
var: Ferroan Calcite
var: Iceland Spar
Calzirtite
Cancrinite
Carlhintzeite
Carnallite
Carrollite
Cassiterite
var: Wood Tin
Catapleiite
Cavansite
Celadonite
Cerianite-(Ce)
Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce)
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
'var: Phacolite'
Chabazite-Ca
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
'var: Carnelian'
'var: Onyx'
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Chenevixite
Cheralite
Chernikovite
Chernovite-(Y)
'Chevkinite'
Childrenite
'Childrenite-Eosphorite Series'
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chloro-potassichastingsite
Chromdravite
Chromite
var: Titaniferous Chromite
Chrysoberyl (TL)
var: Alexandrite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Churchite-(Y)
Cinnabar
Claudetite
Clausthalite
'Clay'
Clinochlore
Clinoenstatite
Clinoferrosilite
Clinohumite
var: Titanclinohumite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
Cobaltite
Cobaltpentlandite
Coeruleolactite
Coesite
Coffinite
Cohenite
Colquiriite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Cookeite
Coombsite
Cooperite
Copper
Cordierite
Coronadite
Corundum
var: Sapphire
Cosalite
Coutinhoite (TL)
Covellite
Crandallite
var: Strontian Crandallite
Crichtonite
Cristobalite
Crocoite
Cryolite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
Cuprorhodsite
Cyrilovite
Derbylite (TL)
Descloizite
Diamond
var: Carbonado
Diaspore
'Diatomaceous Earth'
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Dravite
Dufrénite
Dukeite (TL)
Dumortierite
Dzhalindite
Eckermannite
Edenite
Edingtonite
Elbaite
var: Cuprian Elbaite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Eosphorite
Epidote
Epistilbite
Epsomite
Erlichmanite
Ernstite
Eskolaite
Euclase (TL)
Eudialyte
var: Eucolite
Eudidymite
Euxenite-(Y)
Faheyite (TL)
Fairfieldite
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
var: Reinite
Ferrazite
Ferrihydrite
Ferripyrophyllite
Ferrisicklerite
Ferro-Actinolite
Ferro-edenite
Ferrohornblende
Ferrokaersutite
Ferrokentbrooksite
Ferropargasite
Ferrosaponite
Ferrotschermakite
Fersmanite
Fersmite
'Florencite'
Florencite-(Ce) (TL)
Florencite-(La)
Fluocerite-(Ce)
Fluorite
Fluornatromicrolite (TL)
Foitite
Forsterite
Frohbergite
Frondelite (TL)
Gahnite
Gaidonnayite
Gainesite
Galena
'Garnet Group'
'Garnierite'
Gedrite
Geikielite
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
Helvite
Hematite
var: Martite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
var: Picotite

Herderite ?
Hessite
Heterosite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Ca
Hilairite
Hinsdalite
Hollingworthite
Holmquistite
Honessite
Hongshiite
'Hornblende'
Hörnesite
Humboldtine
Humite
Hureaulite
Hydromagnesite
Hydroxylherderite
Hydrozincite
Hypersthene
Iddingsite
Illite
Ilmenite
Ilsemannite
IMA2009-039 (TL)
Irarsite
Iron
var: Kamacite
Isoferroplatinum
Isokite
Isomertieite (TL)
Ixiolite
Jadeite
'Jahnsite'
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)
Jarosite
Johnsomervilleite
Jordisite
Joséite
Kaersutite
Kalinite
Kalsilite
Kalungaite (TL)
Kambaldaite ?
Kaolinite
Karibibite
Kentbrooksite
'K Feldspar'
Kidwellite
Kosnarite
Kotulskite
Kupletskite
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Lamprophyllite
'Lanthanite'
Lanthanite-(La)
Lanthanite-(Nd) (TL)
Laueite
Laumontite
Laurite
Låvenite
Lazulite
Legrandite
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
'Lessingite-(Ce)'
Leucite
Leucophosphite
Leucoxene
'Lévyne'
Liddicoatite
Limonite
Lindbergite (TL)
Lipscombite (TL)
Lithiophilite
Lithiophorite
Löllingite
Ludlamite
Mackinawite
Maghemite
'Magnesian hastingsite'
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesite
var: Breunnerite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Malanite
Maldonite
Manasseite
'Manganese Oxides'
'var: Manganese Dendrites'
Manganite
Manganosite
Marcasite
Margarite
Maskelynite
Matioliite (TL)
Maucherite
Meionite
Melilite
Melonite
Menezesite (TL)
Merenskyite
Merrillite
Mertieite-II
Mesolite
Messelite
Meta-autunite
Metatorbernite
Metauranocircite
Metazeunerite
Meurigite-K
'Mica Group'
Michenerite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite
Milarite
Millerite
Minasgeraisite-(Y) (TL)
Minnesotaite
Mitridatite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Moncheite
Montebrasite
Montgomeryite
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Moraesite (TL)
Mordenite
Mosandrite
Mottramite
Murmanite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Muthmannite
Natrolite
Natrotantite
Nekoite
Neotocite
Nepheline
Neptunite
Nickeline
Nontronite
Normandite
Norsethite
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)
Pachnolite
Padmaite
Palladinite
Palladium (TL)
var: Platiniferous Palladium
Palladseite (TL)
Parabariomicrolite (TL)
Paragonite
Pargasite
'Parisite'
Parnauite ?
Parsonsite
Pavonite
Pectolite
Pekoite
Pentlandite
Perovskite
'Perthite'
Petalite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Phengite
Phlogopite
var: Barium-Phlogopite
Phosgenite
Phosphoferrite
Phosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
Phurcalite
Pickeringite
Pigeonite
'Planerite-Turquoise Series'
Platarsite
Platinum
var: Palladian Platinum
Plumbogummite
Plumbomicrolite ?
Pollucite
Potarite
Povondraite
Powellite
Prehnite
Priderite
Pseudobrookite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pucherite
Purpurite
Pyrite
var: Arsenian Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrochlore
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
var: Rhodolite
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
var: Nickeloan Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Ametrine
var: Blue Quartz
var: Chert
var: Citrine
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Quintinite (TL)
Ralstonite
Raspite
Rectorite
Reddingite
Reevesite
'Rhabdophane'
Rheniite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Richterite
Riebeckite
Rinkite
Rockbridgeite
Roméite
var: Lewisite
Roquesite
Roscherite
Rosenbuschite
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
Sérandite
'Sericite'
'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'
Stannomicrolite
Staringite
Staurolite
var: Zincian Staurolite
Stellerite
Stewartite
Stibiconite
Stibiopalladinite
Stibiotantalite
Stibnite
Stichtite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stilpnomelane
Stokesite
Stolzite
Strengite
Strontianite
Strunzite
Stumpflite
Sudovikovite
Sulphotsumoite
Sulphur
Svanbergite
'Sylvinite'
'Synchysite'
Synchysite-(Y)
Taenite
Tainiolite
Talc
var: Steatite
Tantalaeschynite-(Y) (TL)
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
'Tapiolite'
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Taramite
Tavorite (TL)
Tazheranite
Tellurobismuthite
Tennantite
Tephroite
Tetradymite
Tetraferroplatinum
Tetrahedrite
Tetrataenite
Thorbastnäsite
Thoreaulite
Thorianite
Thorite
Thorogummite
Thortveitite
Thorutite
Tinsleyite
Titanite
Tochilinite
Todorokite
Topaz
var: Imperial Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmalinated Quartz'
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
'var: Rubellite'
'var: Verdelite'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Triphylite
Triplite
Triploidite
Tripuhyite (TL)
Tritomite-(Y)
Troilite
Tschermakite
Tschermigite
Tulameenite
Tuperssuatsiaite
Turquoise
Ullmannite
Ulvöspinel
'Unnamed (Bi Telluride Sulphide)'
Uraninite
Uranmicrolite (TL)
Uranocircite
Uranophane
Uranpyrochlore
Ushkovite
Uvite
Vaesite
Valentinite
Valleriite
Variscite
var: Ferrian Variscite
Vashegyite
Vauquelinite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Vigezzite
Villiaumite
Violarite
Vivianite
'Wad'
Wadeite
Wardite
Wavellite
Waylandite
Weeksite
Weishanite
Whewellite
Whiteite-(CaFeMg) (TL)
Whiteite-(MnFeMg) (TL)
Witherite
Wodginite
Wolfeite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Wölsendorfite
Woodhouseite
Wyllieite
Xanthoxenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Yanomamite (TL)
Zanazziite (TL)
'Zeolite Group'
Zeunerite
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite
var: Orvillite
var: Ribeirite
Zirconolite
Zirkelite (TL)
Zoisite
Zunyite


5191 entries listed. 611 valid minerals. 52 type localities (valid minerals). 6 erroneous literature entries.

Localities in this Region:
Brazil
 
      • Amorinópolis
        • Catalão
        • Crixás
        • Guarinos
        • Pilar de Goiás
      • Hidrolândia
      • Ipameri
      • Itapirapuã
      • Jataí
      • Montividiu do Norte
      • Pires do Rio
      • Santa Cruz de Goiás
      • Santa Terezinha de Goiás District
        • Campos Verdes
      • Trombas
          • Matupá
      • Chapada dos Guimarães
        • Rosário Oeste
        • Sorriso river
      • Pontes e Lacerda
      • Bonito
      • Porto Murtinho
      • Amapá
      • Calcoene
        • Boca do Jari District
        • Vila Nova
      • Apuí
      • São Gabriel da Cachoeira
      • Almerim
        • Maraconai range
          • Tucumã
        • Maicuru range
        • Acaraí range
      • São Geraldo do Araguaia
          • Jardim do Ouro
          • Morro João gold camp
          • Natal
            • Vila Porto Rico
      • Viseu
      • Ariquemes
      • Pacaraima
      • Uiramutã
      • Boa Nova
        • Serra da Vereda
        • Angico dos Dias
        • Campo Formoso
        • Pindobaçu
        • Andarai
        • Curaçá River Valley
        • Paramirim das Crioulas
      • Guajeru (Santa Rosa de Condeúba)
      • Licíneo de Almeida
      • Paraguassu
      • Paramirim
      • Piatã
        • Inúbia
      • Pilão Arcado
      • Pindobaçu
      • Quijingue
      • Ribeirão do Largo
      • Rio do Pires
      • Icozinho
      • Quixeramobim
        • Cajueiro
      • Santa Quitéria
      • Tauá
        • Catingueira
          • Alto do Lira
      • João Pessoa
      • Salgadinho
      • São José do Sabugi
      • Cabo de Santo Agostinho
      • Fernando de Noronha archipelago
      • Monte Alegre do Piauí
        • Campo Redondo
          • Ermo
        • Jardim do Seridó
        • Jurucutu
      • Pau dos Ferros
      • Potiguar Basin
      • Cerro Azul
      • Foz do Iguaçu
      • Caçapava do Sul
      • Cambará do Sul
        • Tainhas
      • Carlos Barbosa
      • Estância Velha
      • Fountoura Xavier
        • Três Pinheiros
      • Morro Reuter
      • Novo Hamburgo
      • Passo Fundo
      • Santa Cruz do Sul
      • Anitápolis
      • Morro da Fumaça
      • Nova Trento
      • Afonso Cláudio
      • Castelo
      • Itapemirim
      • Muqui
      • Serra
        • Hematita
      • Araxá
        • Monte Carmelo
      • Claraval
        • São José de Brejaúba (São José de Bryamba)
          • Conceição do Capim
          • Aldeia
          • Penha do Norte
        • Itanhomi
        • Materlândia
      • Fortaleza de Minas
          • São Sebastião das Águas Claras
        • Raposos
      • Itabirito
        • Morro de São Vicente
          • Marambainha
          • Barra de Salinas
          • Quartéis
          • Miguel Chalubi
            • Laranjeira
        • Salinas
      • Manhuaçu
      • Martinho Campos
        • Ibitira
      • Montalvânia
        • Parela range
        • Catuji
        • Pavão
      • Nova União
        • Saramenha
      • Patos de Minas
        • Pântano
      • Patrocínio
        • São João da Serra Negra
      • Poços de Caldas plateau
        • Caldas
      • Pratápolis
      • Rio Acima
        • Poaia
      • São Gonaçalo do Abaeté
      • São Sebastião do Maranhão
      • Serra do Salitre
      • Tapira
      • Tocantins
        • Pomba valley
      • Ubá
      • Varjão de Minas
      • Vazante
      • Virgolândia
      • Itaboraí
        • Tanguá
      • Nova Iguaçu
        • Adrianópolis
      • Águas da Prata
      • Agudos
      • Cajati
      • Franca
      • Guarulhos
      • Jundiai
      • Pederneiras
      • Registro

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