Duquinho; Cabeceiras do Laranjal; Lavra(Velha) da Brasilianita; Jaõ Firmino
A granite pegmatite 6 kilometers northwest of the village of Linópolis, east of Governador Valadares. Various names have been applied to this locality.
Aimorés pegmatite district, Eastern Brazilian pegmatite province.
Type locality for
Brazilianite, see Cassedanne (1983) and also discussion in messageboard
http://www.mindat.org/mesg-7-199894.htmlReferences
- American Mineralogist (1948): 33: 205.
- 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: 911.
- Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237.
- Rocks & Minerals (1988): 63: 42.
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25 entries listed. 20 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.
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