 | | Journal (issue) | | Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Lower left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from...Andrea Bartorelli: Minerals and Precious Stones of Brazil. Other important references (if any) for individual... 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson collection...Morganite beryl, 7.5 cm, from near Araçuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The find predates the discovery of morganite...to get this specimen, a complete floater, for my Brazil collection); Tom Spann photo. Reference: Cassedanne |  | | Catalog/List | | Compared to the output of place such as Afghanistan or Brazil, the production from Elba is relatively small....59 BRAZIL 73060 TOPAZ var. IMPERIAL TOPAZ Ouro Preto, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil This specimen...var. ROSE QUARTZ Galiléia, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Here is a cockscomb arrangement of Rose... 73062 AQUAMARINE & MUSCOVITE Itatiaia mine, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil This rather...rather sizable, pale blue-green Aquamarine measures 2.95 inches (7.5 cm) across and 1.18 inches (3.0 |  | | Journal (issue) | | kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler collection; Holly Smith...intrigue me, and draw me deeper into the hobby. Aquamarine with cleavelandite, 9 cm, from Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan...Topaz, 15 cm, from Hematita, Antonio Dias, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Tom Spann photo. (below right) Spinel... Joe Budd photo. Aquamarine, 9 cm, from Corrego São Francisco, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Tom Spann photo...Almandine-spessartine on albite, 4.9 mm, Poaia pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Beth Van Allen photo. 24 Elbaite tourmaline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | microcline crystals, 35 × 45 cm, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Adalberto Giazotto photo. Figure 6... 35 × 15 cm, Pederneira mine, São José de Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Adalberto Giazotto photo. Figure...beryl, 23 × 18 cm, Corrégo do Urucum mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Jeff Scovil photo. 96*2: 405,9(3:...× 40 × 35 cm, Pederneira mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Adalberto Giazotto photo. Figure...Cruzeiro mine, Serra de Safira, Santa Maria do Suaçui, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Beryl (variety Heliodor), Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2002; painted actual size of specimen (8...5. Elbaite on Lepidolite: Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2007; painted actual size of specimen (9...Mine, Itatiaia District, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2007; painted actual size of specimen (9...(twinned crystal), Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2002; painted actual size of specimen...Tunnel de Dada, Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2007; painted actual size of |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles 708 Coloured Stone Mining and Trade in Brazil: A Brief History and Current Status By Aurélien...Collection V. L. Villani photo p. 758 Cover Photo: Brazil is the source of a variety of coloured stones,...7.99 ct amethyst, 3.29 ct tourmaline, 2.40 ct aquamarine, 1.12 ct Imperial topaz and 4.84 ct golden beryl...Ku Nam Nam Pai Stream 692 m Strea Aung Nam n Da Pa ream St 23°00' Nam Strea Mit m 96°45' Road...Mong Long, gems such as tourmaline (Figure 4d), aquamarine, spessartine, quartz, topaz, zircon and phenakite |  | | Book (volume) | | Khyber Agency, Pakistan, 63 Beryl (see also Aquamarine, Emerald, Morganite, Heliodor) Beryllonite (with...Ural Mtns., Russia, 58 Hematite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil, 61 Cleator Moor, Cumberland Ore Field, West Cumberland...(with Fuchsite) Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil, 24 Shattuckite (with Malachite) Omaue Mine, Kaokoveld...Cleavlandite) Pederneira Claim, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 35 (on Quartz) Tourmaline Queen |  | | Catalog/List | | exceptional rhodonites in the world are now found in Brazil. They possess the rich ruby red color in large...discovery. Rhodonite, Morro da Mina Mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.8 cm tall x 7.3 cm wide... Barra do Salinas Dist., Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 13 cm tall x 11 cm wide QUARTZ Gleaming...which lies at the heart of tourmaline mining in Brazil. The exceptionally high chroma values rival all...raspberry red blending into mint green with hints of aquamarine blue, burst forth from a lavender lepidolite |  | | Catalog/List | | 2021 4461_txt.indd 9 9 1/18/21 11:02 AM Aquamarine with Schorl and Quartz Shengus, Roundu District...found anywhere in the world. A prominent skyblue aquamarine crystal surrounded by lustrous black tourmalines...11:02 AM Rhodonite Morro da Mina Mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil 8 cm tall x 8 cm wide...the finest rhodonites in the world were found in Brazil. They possessed a notable ruby red color in large...11:02 AM 4461_txt.indd 21 1/18/21 11:02 AM Aquamarine with Spessartine Dassu Mine, Shigar Valley, Skardu |  | | Journal (issue) | | epidote deposits of the Capelinha Region, Minas Gerais, Brazil ......................................315...epidote on matrix, 4.4 cm, from Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gail and Jim Spann collection; Tom Spann...w. FineMineral.com Tourmaline Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil. 19.5 cm Fine Minerals International proudly invites...EPIDOTE DEPOSITS OF THE CAPELINHA REGION, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL Andrea Bartorelli1 Carlos Cornejo2 Mario...mid-1960s, the Capelinha region in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, has become world-famous for producing beautiful |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | single spessartine crystal from Del Norte, Paraíba, Brazil. Bill Larson specimen. Jeff Scovil photo. Manganese...attractive 3-cm spessartine crystal from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Andy Seibel specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...4-cm spessartine from the Navegadora mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Julio Landmann specimen. Jeff Scovil photo...9. Spessartine from the Navegadora mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This 2.6 × 2.4 × 1.2-cm crystal is in the...include pegmatites at Nanuque and Urucum, Minas Gerais; Mina da Caieira near Jardim do Serido, the Pedra |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Espirito Santo Pegmatite District, Eastern Brazil.. ......697 by M. L. Chaves, A. Bartorelli & C...sixling twin, 6.3 cm, from ItaguaÇu, Espirito Santo, Brazil. William Larson collection, ex Edward Gübelin,...Rastro, and two days on horseback. On the route from São Joaquim to Bom Jardim, on a recently completed road...completed the program at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He worked in the Magisterium of Extractive...recalled by Wendell Wilson in Mineral Collections of Brazil (Cornejo and Bartorelli, 2020): The second issue |  | | Journal (issue) | | Branco claim, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Ken Donn photo. Calcite with cuprite (chalcotrichite)...Jesse LaPlante photo. Andradite, 2.5 cm, from Las Minas, Veracruz, Mexico (no. 1085). Acquired in January...Sapo mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Jeff Scovil photo. 38 Supplement to The...biotite schist matrix, 26 cm, from Northern Bahia, Brazil. Jeff Scovil photo. Supplement to The Mineralogical...E. Seaman Mineral Museum; Jeff Scovil photo. Aquamarine crystal, 5 cm, from the Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan |  | | Journal (issue) | | CRYSTAL CLASSICS Tourmaline | Coronel Murta, Brazil | 5.5 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm orders@crystalclassics.co...p22 Fluorite on Topaz, 9.5 cm Fazenda do Centro, Brazil Rudolf Watzl Freistadt, Austria Visit our website...owner of four world-class specimens: the “Pioneer Aquamarine,” a superb Tsumeb azurite; a fabulous Brazilian...November–December 2005); and an extraordinary Pakistan aquamarine with schorl (shown on the cover of the July–August...Vermelhão (Saramenha) mine, Ouro Preto district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Crystals having the rich orange color are |  | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2019 Articles The Golconda District, Minas Gerais, Brazil ..........................................TOURMALINE, 11.9 cm, from the Golconda I mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Brice Gobin (Mineral Art) and Emanuele Marini...China, South Africa, Namibia, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Mexico. His first exchange of specimens with...September–October, 2019 The Golconda District Minas Gerais, Brazil Carlos Cornejo1 Andrea Bartorelli2 Wendell...important specimen-producing districts in all of Brazil. INTRODUCTION The Golconda Pegmatite Field is a |  | Soares, D. R., Beurlen, H., Barreto, S. d. B., Da Silva, M. R. R., Ferreira, A. C. M. (2008) COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION OF TOURMALINE-GROUP MINERALS IN THE BORBOREMA PEGMATITE PROVINCE, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL. The Canadian Mineralogist, 46 (5) 1097-1116 doi:10.3749/canmin.46.5.1097 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE BORBOREMA PEGMATITE PROVINCE, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL Dwight Rodrigues SOARES§ Centro Federal de Educação...671, 58100-000, Campina Grande, State of Paraíba, Brazil Hartmut BEURLEN Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geociências...State of Pernambuco, Brazil Sandra de Brito BARRETO and Marcelo Reis Rodrigues DA SILVA Departamento de...Ramos s.n., 54740-530, Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil Ana Claudia Mousinho FERREIRA Centro Federal de...671, 58100-000, Campina Grande, State of Paraíba, Brazil Abstract Various species of the tourmaline-group |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals include topaz, fluorite, beryl variety aquamarine, zinnwaldite, and other rarer phases (e.g., Heinrich...pegmatites from Maine, California, Afghanistan, and Brazil that were part of this study), contain spodumene...tourmaline-bearing pegmatite of Alto dos Quintos Mine, northeast Brazil. Clay Mineralogy, Jo 46, 473–485. Eby, G.N....A., 2015. The Pederneira mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Geology. The ro Mineralogical...mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil Pederneira mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | associations with other minerals. (a) Beryl variety aquamarine with inclusions and a surface druse of black...London specimen and photo. (b) Beryl variety aquamarine with spessartine on albite and muscovite, 11...albite, 16.8 × 16.0 × 14.3 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Joe Budd photo, courtesy of The Arkenstone...Pederneira claim, (g) (h) São José da Safira, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Joe Budd photo, courtesy...specimen and photo. (h) Etched beryl variety aquamarine, with spessartine, muscovite, and feldspar, 9 |  | | Journal (issue) | | September–October, 2020 11 Aloe Family Trust Aquamarine, 10 cm, from Doi Ty, Quy Chau district, Nghe[≥...the Santa Rosa mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Aquamarine crystal on smoky quartz, 17 cm, from...Topaz, 8 cm, from Monte Alegre de Goias, Goias, Brazil. Supplement to The Mineralogical Record, September–October...the Ilha mine, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Aquamarine, 8 cm, from Dassu, RakaposhiHaramosh...Tourmaline, 17 cm, from Virgem da Lapa, Araçuai Pegmatite district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Supplement to The Mineralogical |  | | Journal (issue) | | after their first discovery location in Paraíba, Brazil. Oddly, the Mindat webpage for elbaite states that...Newsletter Elbaite in different hues from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photos: Bob Cooke. due to by iron, iron/titanium...commonly form as “Cat’s eye” elbaite from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Source: Smithsonian Institution; photo:... Elbaite on quartz (top and right) from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photos: Bob Cooke. Pegmatites also create...photo: Chip Clark. Brazilian pegmatites from Minas Gerais have been a long-term, dependable source of |  | | Catalog/List | | Maria do Jetiba, Espirito Santo, Southeast Region, Brazil Smokey scepter Quartz with extreme development...TERMINATED QUARTZ ON QUARTZ Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Double-terminated, water clear...‘LEMURIAN’ QUARTZ PHANTOM Jequitaí, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Water clear Quartz prism with an...QUARTZ WITH PHANTOM Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil A single Quartz crystal with pyramidal...CLEAR QUARTZ GROUP Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil A large number of doubly- terminated |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2.Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (UFRRJ) - fermamll@ufrrj.br 3.IRD caixa postal...REE- carbonate phosphates, niobium, carbonatite, Brazil. 1. Introduction The alkaline-carbonatite complex...southeast of the state of Goiás and westwards of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It outcrops at about 20 km NE of the city...city of Catalão, along the road connecting São Paulo and Brasilia and at 10 km NW of the better known...Field Guide Book, 5th Int. Kimberlite Conf., Araxá, Brazil ; CPRM, Brasilia, Sp. Publ., 1991, pp. 25-30. Elliott |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on edge (fig. 28). There are also reports of aquamarine crystals at this locality, but I have only seen...Pederneira mine (Pederneira claim) São José da Safira, Minas Gerais Brazil 4.36 x 0.71 x 0.55 inches (11.07 |  | | Journal (issue) | | jadeite, (3) 7.81 ct violet jadeite, (4) 27.23 ct aquamarine, (5) 1.28 ct blue spinel, (6) 1.17 ct benitoite...Namibia, as well as Madagascar), South America (Brazil and Colombia), central and southern Asia (Sri Lanka...Pakistan; and pink to red tourmalines from Nigeria and Brazil. Diamond was mined in northern Canada for the first...typically report gem- Figure 3. Saturated-color aquamarine comes from relatively few deposits, and Africa...mining also continued at traditional sources in Brazil and Africa. Large quantities of Brazilian emeralds |  | | Catalog/List | | [Hoppel # D0283] Estimate: $1,800-$2,400 87002 AQUAMARINE & SCHORL TOURMALINE Dache, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit...produced this combination specimen formed of an Aquamarine prism united at the base with a Schorl Tourmaline...mine, Governador Valadares, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Like a geometric sculpture rising from two...CALCITE Castelinho Mine, Iraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil The mode of formation and locality are identical...Estimate: $6,000-$7,000 87048 GREEN SPODUMENE Minas Gerais, Brazil Not quite a ‘floater’, this large and transparent |
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Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil