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Jaguaraçu pegmatite (José Miranda mine; José Pinto mine; Carneirinho mine), Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

The Jaguaracu pegmatite, discovered during World War II, has produced what are arguably the world's finest crystals of milarite. Excellent albite, euxenite, monazite, muscovite and zircon crystals have been found there as well.



References:
- Mineralogical Record (1994) 25, 165-170





Mineral List:
'Adularia'
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
Anatase
Apatite-(CaF)
Beryl
Biotite
Cassiterite
Cerussite
Chernovite-(Y)
Churchite-(Y)
Columbite-(Fe)
Elbaite
Euxenite-(Y)
Fluorite
Hematite
Ilmenite
Kaolinite
Lepidolite
Magnetite
Microcline
Milarite
Minasgeraisite-(Y) (TL)
Monazite-(Ce)
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Nontronite
Orthoclase ?
Pyrite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
Schorl
Spodumene
Staringite
'Tourmalinated Quartz'
Uraninite
Zircon


37 entries listed. 31 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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