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Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

A mine in the Sapucaia pegmatite body, located near Galiléia.
Aimorés pegmatite district, Eastern Brazilian pegmatite province



References:
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 868.
- Rocks & Minerals: 62: 318.
- Rocks & Minerals: 63: 44 & 139.
- Mineralogical Record: 21: 97.
- Cassedanne, J.P. & Baptista, A. (1999): Famous Mineral Localities: The Sapucaia Pegmatite Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 30: 347-360 + 365





Mineral List:
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
Apatite-(CaF)
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arrojadite-(PbFe) (TL)
Arsenopyrite
Augelite
Autunite
Barbosalite (TL)
Berlinite
Bermanite
Beryl
var: Heliodor
Biotite
Cacoxenite
'Chalcedony'
Childrenite
Cryptomelane
Cyrilovite
Dufrénite
Faheyite (TL)
Ferrisicklerite
Frondelite (TL)
Goethite
Gordonite
Greifensteinite
'Gummite'
Heterosite
Hureaulite
Hydroxylherderite
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)
Johnsomervilleite
Kaolinite
Kidwellite
Laueite
Leucophosphite
Limonite
Lipscombite (TL)
Lithiophorite
Magnetite
Meurigite-K
Mitridatite
Monazite-(Ce)
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Moraesite (TL)
Muscovite
Nontronite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Phosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rockbridgeite
Roscherite
Ruifrancoite (TL)
Rutherfordine
Sabugalite
Saléeite
Siderite
Sphalerite
Spodumene
Strengite
Strunzite
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Tavorite (TL)
'Tourmaline'
Triphylite
Variscite
Vivianite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon


74 entries listed. 64 valid minerals. 8 type localities (valid minerals).

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