| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Elbaite |
| Formula: | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Elbaite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Alto dos Quintos Mine (Quintos pegmatite; Quintos de Baixo), Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 157554 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:157554:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 6e83c144-8450-4dbb-bed5-2abe0e2188b3 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Elbaite |
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| 3.3km (2.1 miles) | ⓘAlto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
| 7.5km (4.7 miles) | ⓘBulandeira mine, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
| 10.3km (6.4 miles) | ⓘGlorious pegmatite, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
| 13.0km (8.1 miles) | ⓘQuintos de Cima mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
| 21.7km (13.5 miles) | ⓘBoqueirão pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
| 22.8km (14.2 miles) | ⓘSerra Branca pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Paraíba, Brazil |
| 23.2km (14.4 miles) | ⓘCapoeira 1 pegmatite (Boqueirãozinho pegmatite), Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
| 23.5km (14.6 miles) | ⓘCapoeira 2 pegmatite (Mulungu pegmatite), Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
| 26.7km (16.6 miles) | ⓘBatalha mine, São José da Batalha, Salgadinho, Paraíba, Brazil |
| References |
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Scares, D. R., Ferreira, A. C. M., da Silva, R. R., & Ferreira, V. P. (2008). Alkali-Deficient elbaite from pegmatites of the serido region, Borborema Province, Ne Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 30(2). Novák, Milan, Gadas, Petr, Beurlen, Hartmut, Moura, Odúlio JM, others (2011) Compositional variations in primary and secondary tourmaline from the Quintos pegmatite, Borborema pegmatite province, Brazil; redistribution of Cu, Mn, Fe and Zn in secondary tourmaline. Asociación Geológica Argentina, Serie D, Publicación Especial, 14. 149-151 |
Alto dos Quintos Mine, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil