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Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil

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(Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Região Sudeste, Brasil)

Aimorés pegmatite district, Eastern Brazilian pegmatite province.




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


Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Description: Found as inclusions in Eosphorite.
    Reference: [MinRecord 28:492]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Arliguie M
  		•  Albite
    var: Cleavelandite
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record 24: 384-385 ]
    Site Photo
    Jaime Pacheco claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Geraldo Alvim
  		•  Amblygonite
    LiAl[(F,OH)|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Habit: crystals
    Colour: yellow translucent
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237 [ p.233-4]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  'Amblygonite-Montebrasite Series'
    Reference: [Lapis 29(1), 7-9 (2004)]
    Site Photo
    João Firmino claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © 2008 Jesse Fisher
  		•  'Apatite'
    Colour: bluish
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237 [ p.233-4]; Mineralogical Record (2001) 32:249]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Geraldo Alvim
  		•  Apatite-(CaCl)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Description: Found as inclusions in Eosphorite.
    Reference: [MinRecord 28:492]
  		•  Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Ricardo Scholz photo and specimen]
    Site Photo
    Almerindo claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
     
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
  		•  Atencioite (TL)
    Ca
     
    2
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		Mg
     
    2
    		Fe
    2+
    2
    		Be
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    6
    		] · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    Reference: [Chukanov, N.V., Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Möckel, St., Zadov, A.E., and Levitskaya, L.A. (2006) The roscherite group and its new representative member atencioite, Ca2Fe2+□Mg2Fe2+2Be4(PO4)6(OH)4•6H2O. New Data on Minerals, 41,18-25; http://www.universia.com.br/materia/materia.jsp?materia=2964]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Leon Hupperichs
  		•  Bendadaite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		 · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [U. Kolitsch et al., to be submitted; Excalibur Mineral Co.]
    Site Photo
    Almerindo claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Knut Eldjarn
  		•  Beraunite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [MinRec 14:233]
  		•  Beryl
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237 [ p.233-4]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  Beryl
    var: Morganite
    Reference: [MinRec 14:235]
  		•  Beryllonite
    NaBe[PO
     
    4
    		]
    Habit: tabular, etched crystals to 3cm
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy Vol IV p64; Mineralogical Record 24: 384-385 ]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Thomas Witzke
  		•  Brazilianite
    NaAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Habit: Narrow prism zone and elongated along [100]
    Colour: pale to deep greenish yellow; Golden yellow
    Description: largest crystal found weighed 2 kg
    Reference: [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; Mineralogical Record: 14: 233; Rocks & Minerals (1988): 63: 42.]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © fabreminerals.com
  		•  'Burangaite-Matioliite Series'
    Description: Originally described as Burangaite, but probably identical to Matioliite
    Reference: [Atencio, D., Coutinho, J.M.V., Mascarenhas, Y.P., Ellena, J.A. (2006): Matioliite, the Mg-analogue of burangaite, from Gentil mine, Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and other occurrences. American Mineralogist, 91, 1932-1936]
    Site Photo
    Córrego Pomarolli mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © 2009, JGW
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237 [ p.233-4]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Description: Found as inclusions in Eosphorite.
    Reference: [MinRecord 28:492]
  		•  Childrenite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)Al[(OH)
     
    2
    		|PO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: needles up to 1 cm
    Description: In feldspar vugs or in phospate nodules
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Marco Barsanti
  		•  'Childrenite-Eosphorite Series'
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237 [ p.233-4]
  		•  'Columbite-Tantalite'
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237 [ p.233-4]
  		•  Dufrénite
    Ca
     
    0.5
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: Thin botryoidal coatings
    Description: in feldspar cavities
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
  		•  Eosphorite
    (Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)Al[(OH)
     
    2
    		|PO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Description: Blades to "forearm" length
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record (2001) 32:249]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © J.Ralph 2008
  		•  Ernstite
    (Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    3+
     
    		)Al[(OH,O)
     
    2
    		|PO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record (2001) 32:249]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Knut Eldjarn
  		•  'Feldspar Group'
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237 [ p.234]
  		•  Ferrisicklerite
    (Fe
    3+
     
    		,LiMn
    2+
     
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]
    Habit: as a rim on heterosite
    Colour: bronze-colored
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237 [ p.233-4]
  		•  Frondelite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Habit: radiating nodules
    Colour: a yellowish greenish brown color
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
    Site Photo
    Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Martins da Pedra
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
  		•  Gormanite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)
     
    3
    		(Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Personal Communication with Luiz Menezes]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Martins da Pedra
  		•  Herderite ?
    CaBe[(F,OH)|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Description: (More likely to be hydroxylherderite.0
    Reference: [Frank and Wendy Melanson (Hawthorneden) specimens]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
     
  		•  Heterosite
    (Fe
    3+
     
    		,Mn
    3+
     
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]
    Description: manganiferous
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237 [ p.233-4]
  		•  Heulandite-Ca
    (Ca,Na)
     
    2-3
    		Al
     
    3
    		(Al,Si)
     
    2
    		Si
     
    13
    		O
     
    36
    		·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rob Lavinsky]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Hureaulite
    (Mn,Fe)
     
    5
    		(PO
     
    3
    		OH)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Carlos Barbosa Specimen]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Stephan Wolfsried
  		•  Hydroxylherderite
    CaBe[(OH,F)|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Leavens, P. et al, Compositional and efractive Index Variations of the Herderite-Hydroxyl-herderite Series, Am Min v63, p 913-917 (1978)]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Bruno Gioia
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Aufschluss 1972(SB), 38-42]
  		•  'Jahnsite'
    Habit: waxy finegrained rims on other phospate minerals
    Colour: pale yellowish gray to orange
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
  		•  Kambaldaite ?
    NaNi
     
    4
    		(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		(OH)
     
    3
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Description: This is a bizarre mineral for a granite pegmatite. What is the real host rock and how was this species identified? Extremely suspicious.
    Reference: []
  		•  Lepidolite
    Reference: [MinRec 14:235]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record 24: 384-385 ]
  		•  Löllingite
    FeAs
     
    2
    Reference: [MinRec 14:235]
  		•  Microcline
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Van King]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [Aufschluss 1972(SB), 38-42]
  		•  Montebrasite
    LiAl[(OH,F)|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Richard Dale collection]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Martins da Pedra
  		•  Moraesite
    Be
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record 24: 384-385 ]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © O. Dziallas
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Habit: books
    Colour: Goldenbrown
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Brhounds
  		•  Nontronite
    Na
     
    0.3
    		Fe
     
    2
    		(Si,Al)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [MinRec 14:235]
    Site Photo
    Jove Lauriano claim (Joveni claim; Joventino claim), Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Martins da Pedra
  		•  Orthoclase
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Description: Found as inclusions in Eosphorite.
    Reference: [MinRecord 28:492]
  		•  Phosphoferrite
    (Fe,Mn)
     
    3
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [MinRec 20:394]
  		•  Phosphosiderite
    FePO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [A. M. I. Martins collection]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Chollet Pascal
  		•  Phosphuranylite
    (H
     
    3
    		O)
     
    3
    		KCa(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    7
    		[O|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    4
    		 · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237 [ p.233-4]
  		•  Purpurite
    (Mn
    3+
     
    		,Fe
    3+
     
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [A. M. I. Martins collection]
    Site Photo
    Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Martins da Pedra
  		•  Pyrolusite
    MnO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Description: Found as inclusions in Eosphorite.
    Reference: [MinRecord 28:492]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Van King]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Joseph A. Freilich
  		•  Quartz
    var: Smoky Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237 [ p.233-4]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © 2002 John H. Betts
  		•  Rhodochrosite
    MnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [MinRec 14:235]
  		•  Rockbridgeite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [A. M. I. Martins collection]
    Site Photo
    Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Martins da Pedra
  		•  Roscherite
    Ca
     
    2
    		(Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		Be
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    6
    		] · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
  		•  Sabugalite
    HAl(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    4
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		·16H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: spots in scorzalite
    Colour: pale yellow
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
  		•  Schorl
    [Na][Fe
    2+
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [MinRec 14:234]
  		•  Scorzalite (TL)
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)Al
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Type Locality: Córrego Frio mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    Habit: patches to a few cm
    Colour: pale blue to ultramarine-blue
    Description: Alters to a mixture of limonite and jahnsite
    Reference: [American Mineralogist (1948): 33: 205; Mineralogical Record: 14: 233.]
  		•  Souzalite (TL)
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    3
    		(Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Córrego Frio mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    Habit: Subparallell needles; bundles
    Colour: lustrous or submetallic bluish green color
    Description: Very rare samples up to 10 cm were collected in 1978 (Cassedanne 1983)
    Reference: [American Mineralogist (1949): 34: 83; 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.]
    Site Photo
    Córrego Frio mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Rui Nunes 2007
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [MinRec 14:235]
  		•  Spodumene
    LiAl[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [MinRec 14:235]
  		•  Strengite
    FePO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [A. M. I. Martins collection]
    Site Photo
    Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Martins da Pedra
  		•  Strunzite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Habit: clusters of flexible fibers
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
  		•  Tantalite
    (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [Johan Kjellman + Demineralia]
    Site Photo
    Almerindo claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Emanuele Marini
  		•  'Tapiolite'
    (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Habit: Striated tabular crystals up to 1 cm in length
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    Habit: Sparays of small needles; black fractured crystals
    Colour: green, black
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
    Site Photo
    Córrego Pomarolli mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  'Tourmaline
    var: Indicolite'
    Reference: [MinRec 14:235]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Habit: small crystals
    Description: embedded in muscovite
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
  		•  Vivianite
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237 [ p.233-4]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Rui Nunes 2006
  		•  Wodginite
    Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    Reference: [MinRec 21:253]
    Site Photo
    Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Wyllieite
    (Na,Ca,Mn)(Mn,Fe)(Fe,Mg)Al(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]
  		•  Zanazziite
    Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe)(Mg,Fe,Al)
     
    4
    		Be
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    6
    		] · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Rob Lavinsky specimen]
    Site Photo
    Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Zircon
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Habit: small crystals
    Colour: colorless to purplish gray
    Description: in muscovite
    Reference: [Cassedanne, J.P. (1983): Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 14 (4): 227-237]


    76 entries listed. 59 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

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    • Southeast Region
      • Minas Gerais
        • Doce valley
          • Divino das Laranjeiras
            • Linópolis

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