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Albite from
Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Comments:sharp, glassy and tabular up to 5 cm and often fairly transparent. They are oftenassociated with golden brown siderite crystals and other minerals.
Habit:tabular
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrrhotite9 photos of Albite associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Dolomite8 photos of Albite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Fluorapatite5 photos of Albite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Siderite3 photos of Albite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Cubanite3 photos of Albite associated with Cubanite at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Albite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Mg-rich Siderite1 photo of Albite associated with Mg-rich Siderite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:334
Long-form Identifier:1:3:334:4
GUID (UUID V4):bd85a4e7-b158-4d19-bb2f-65c0b061656a
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
5.1km (3.2 miles) Bicalho Au deposit, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.3km (5.1 miles) Lamego Au deposit, Sabará, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13.8km (8.6 miles) Cuiabá mine, Sabará, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15.6km (9.7 miles) Juca Vieira mine, Caeté, Minas Gerais, Brazil
35.7km (22.2 miles) São Bento mine, Santa Bárbara, Minas Gerais, Brazil
82.1km (51.0 miles) Piteiras Mine, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elsevier.com/locate/oregeorev The geology of the Morro Velho gold deposit in the Archean Rio das Velhas greenstone...greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil Diogenes Scipioni Vial a,⁎, Ed DeWitt b , Lydia Maria...Doce-CVRD, BR 381, Km 459, Santa Luzia, MG, 33010-970, Brazil United States Geological Survey, Box 25046, Denver...Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil d CTGS...Abstract The Morro Velho gold deposit, Quadrilátero Ferrífero region, Minas Gerais, Brazil, is hosted by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the QuadrilaÂtero FerrõÂ fero region, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, one of the major gold provinces in the...intensely carbonatized rock (e.g., the giant Morro Velho mine with >450 t of contained gold). Metabasalts...Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. AntoÃnio Carlos 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901...31270-901, Brazil E-mail: lobato@igc.ufmg.br Fax: +55-31-4995410 L.C. Ribeiro-Rodrigues FAPEMIG Bursary Recipient...Escola de Minas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Morro do Cruzeiro, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, 35400-000
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Velhas greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil D.S. Vial a,⁎, G.C. Abreu b , G. Schubert a , L...Vale do Rio Doce, BR 381, km 450, Santa Luzia, MG, Brazil Instituto de Geociências da Universidade de São...São Paulo, Rua Major Solbiat, 226, Torrinha, SP, Brazil Fundação Educacional de Caratinga, Fazenda Experimental...BR-116, Km 526, Bairro das Graças, Caratinga, MG, Brazil b c Received 26 June 2003; accepted 2 January...Pari, as well as the world-class deposits of Morro Velho and Cuiabá. All these deposits, whether large
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 775-798 GEOLOGY OF THE RAPOSOS GOLD MINE, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZ[I. GENE E. TOLBERT CONTENTS PAGE ............................................. Morro Velho zone ........................................sequence,which trends approximately east-west in the mine area, is intruded by diabase dikes that strike northeast... which is widely distributed in the Raposos-Morro Velho region and contains 0.31 percent Cr20 a. Arsenopyrite...depositsare similar to thoseat Morro Velho except that the hostrock at Morro Velho is a quartz-carbonate rock
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
e r a l i z a t i o n in Central E a s t e r n Brazil: a review A. Bernasconi Terraconsult AG, Steinwiesstrasse24...the major Archaean terranes of central eastern Brazil is given in the first section of this paper. Integration...Jequie and Goias mobile belts of central eastern Brazil. This mineralization associated with greenstone...important Archaean gold districts of Brazil, the Iron Quadrangle of Minas Gerais (Fig. 1), was discovered. Recently...the Archaean gold metallogeny of central eastern Brazil based on the presently known major raineralized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Velhas Greenstone Belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil: Influence of Proterozoic Orogenies on Its Western...30310-310, MG, Brazil Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos...Campus Pampulha, Belo Horizonte 31270-910, MG, Brazil Correspondence: orivaldo.baltazar@hotmail.com (O...the Brasiliano São Francisco craton, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is composed of (i) Archean TTG granite-gneaissic...synformal NW–SE-directed Nova Lima basin. The Archean deformation converted the Nova Lima basin into an ample
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cuiabá Gold deposit, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil Luiz Cláudio Ribeiro-Rodrigues a,⁎, Claudinei...Caratinga, BR-116, km 526, Caratinga-MG, 35 300-970, Brazil b Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brasília...Brasília, Campus Asa Norte, Brasília-DF, 31270-901, Brazil c Institute of Mineralogy and Economic Geology...northern part of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The region constitutes an Archean granite–greenstone...by the Proterozoic supracrustal sequences of the Minas (<2.6–2.1 Ga) and Espinhaço (1.7 Ga) supergroups
Report (issue)
and Ore Deposits of the Nova Lima and Rio Acima Quadrangles Minas Gerais, Brazil GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...the Departamento N acional da Producao Mineral of Brazil under the auspices of the International Cooperation...and Ore Deposits of the Nova Lima and Rio Acima Quadrangles Minas Gerais, Brazil By JACOB E. GAIR GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PARTS OF MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-A...the Departamento Nacional da Producao Mineral of Brazil under the auspices of the International Cooperation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Velhas greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil: A review of the setting of gold deposits O.F....Survey of Brazil, Av. Brasil 1731, Funcionários, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30140-002, Brazil Received...central-southern part of the State of Minas Gerais, SE Brazil. The metavolcano–sedimentary rocks of the...Supergroup in this region are subdivided into the Nova Lima and Maquiné Groups. The former occurs at the base...the SE region of Brazil and the central-southern region of the State of Minas Gerais (Fig. 1). The Quadrilátero
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
signi®cant Archean greenstone-belt successions in Brazil, in both their appreciable mineral productivity...fero (Iron Quadrangle) region, Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil, which occupies the southernmost...southernmost portion of the SaÄo Francisco craton. The Nova Lima Group rocks, at the base of the Rio das Velhas...Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. AntoÃnio Carlos 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901,... Brazil E-mail: lobato@dedalus.lcc.ufmg.br Fax: +55-31-4995410 L.C. Ribeiro-Rodrigues FAPEMIG Bursary
Report (issue)
the Departmento National da Produ^ao Mineral of Brazil under the auspices of the Agency for International...Ferrifero, Minas Gerais, Brazil By NORMAN HERZ REGIONAL GEOLOGY OF THE QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO, MINAS GERAIS...GERAIS, BRAZIL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Prepared in cooperation with the Departmento Nacional da Produqao...Produqao Mineral of Brazil under the auspices of the Agency for International Development of the United...Ferrifero, Minas Gerais, Brazil. (Regional geology of the Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Minas Gerais, Brazil) (Geological
Journal (issue)
50 to $ 1,000.00 HYDROBORACITE from the Thompson mine, Death Valley, Calif. Some spec­ imens w ith colemanite...Newman Minerals From the Lavra da llha Pegmatite, Brazil.................... 207 Jacques P. & Jeannine O...Richard S. Mitchell The Minerals of the Morro Velho Gold Mine, Brazil.......................................Good thumbnail of the simple SILVER. Glenn Lake Mine. San Diego Co., Calif. A group of octrahedron xl...doubly terminated xls with good RENARDITE. Ruggles Mine, Massive. Rare. 2 x 4cm $14.00 pink color. Slightly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
de Minas Gerais, Avenida Antônio Carlos, n.° 6627, Bairro Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, CEP...CEP 31270-901, Brazil School of Earth and Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35, Stirling...Sítio Mineração S/A, Mina do Lamego, Sabará, Minas Gerais, Brazil a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:...Cuiabá–Lamego trend, Quadrilátero Ferrífero region, Brazil. Both Archean orogenic gold deposits are situated...to be pre-peak (Archean) metamorphism. Nowadays, Brazil is classified as the 12th largest gold producer
Book
BARTORELLI ::• . . .. MINERALS & PRECIOUS STONES OF BRAZIL Sponsored by: VALE MINISTER.IO DA CULTURA ©...Lavra do Sapo, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais. Collection of Alvaro Lucio. Photograph taken...Brasileira do Livro, SP, Brazil) Cornejo, Carlos .Minerals & precious stones of Brazil. Carlos Cornejo, Andrea...3. Minerals - Brazil 4. Minerals- Classification 5. Mineralogy 6. Mineralogy - Brazil - History 7. Precious...Precious stones - Brazil I. Bartorelli, Andrea. II. Title. 09-10025 Cover photograph: Crystal of brazilianite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Velhas greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil: vein classification and struc‐ tural control André...Velhas greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil: vein classification and structural control, Ore...Velhas greenstone belt, Quadrilátero 3 Ferrífero, Brazil: vein classification and structural control 4...Geociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. 8 Abstract 9 The Cuiabá deposit...southeastern part of the 10 Minas Gerais state, is the largest underground mine in Brazil (5.78 Moz resources
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that Keith wandered around the neighboring gold mine dumps and developed an interest in minerals. He...found in 1967 in the Pioneira mine, Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Downloaded by [Stockholm University...from the Barra de Salinas mine, Aracuai-Itinga district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Although the owner did not...specializing in colored gemstones. Keith's travels in Brazil in search of gems and crystal specimens have added...from the Jonas mine in Brazil have sold for several hundred thousand dollars. A Jonas mine rubellite called
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposit, NE of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero Region, Brazil Colombo C.G. Tassinari a,⁎, Antonio M. Mateus b...Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil Departamento de Geologia, Faculdade de Ciências...69077-000, Amazonas, Brazil, d Instituto de Geociências Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos...6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil e Jaguar Mining Group, Rua Levindo Lopes 323, Funcionarios...Funcionarios, Belo Horizonte, MG 30140-170, Brazil b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold lineament, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil Yuri Ribeiro a, Rosaline C. Figueiredo e...e Silva a, Lydia M. Lobato a, Luiz Claudio Lima b, Francisco J. Rios c, Steffen G. Hagemann d, John Cliff...Cliff d a Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CPMTC-Instituto de Geociências, Av. Presidente Antônio...– MG, Brazil Aurizona Mineração: Avenida dos Holandeses, Ponta do Farol, São Luís – MA, Brazil c Centro...banded-iron-formation-hosted (BIF) gold producer São Bento mine (Pereira et al., 2007; Fig. 1), the region near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ouro Preto Gold Mines, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil A. CHAUVET,† Institut des Sciences de la Terre...The gold deposits of the Ouro Preto area (Minas Gerais, Brazil) occur along the main tectonic contact responsible...for the thrusting of the Paleoproterozoic units (Minas Supergroup) onto the gneissic and metasedimentary...The gold deposits of the Ouro Preto area (Minas Gerais, Brazil) are currently interpreted as mesothermal...west-northwest–verging thrust event that carried the Minas Supergroup over the Archean rocks (e.g., Marshak
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluid evolution in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero (SE Brazil) documented by B isotopes (LA MC-ICPMS) in tourmaline...fluid evolution in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero (SE Brazil) documented by B isotopes (LA MCICPMS) in tourmaline...fluid evolution in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero (SE Brazil) documented by B isotopes (LA MC-ICPMS) in tourmaline... Federal de Ouro Preto, Morro do Cruzeiro, Ouro Preto 35400-000, MG, Brazil Institut für Geowissenschaften...the Archean Quadrilátero Ferrífero district (SE Brazil), tourmaline occurs as a major constituent in a
Book
until he managed to reach the land of his dreams, Brazil. A specialist in the field of geology and mineralogy...crystals and the remarkable mineral treasures of Brazil, as well as the incredible adventures and difficulties...UNIQUE MINERALS IN WORLD MUSEUMS  GEM TREASURES OF BRAZIL Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 1 Delev Ilia Deleff...UNIQUE MINERALS IN WORLD MUSEUMS  GEM TREASURES OF BRAZIL SOFIA–MOSCOW 2004 3 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black...NATIONAL MUSEUM IN SOFIA 66 OTHER COLLECTIONS OF MINE IN BULGARIA 71 COLLECTIONS IN OTHER CITIES AROUND
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JULY-A UG UST O195 THE GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL MINAS GERAES, BRAZIL E. C. HARDER Washington, D.C. AND R. T...ores' of Minas Geraes may be classified as follows. SH. K. Scott, "The Iron Ores of Brazil," Jour. Iron...LXI, (1902), 248; O. A. Derby, "The Iron Ores of Brazil," Iron Ore Resources of the World, p. 313, Stockholm... Leith and E. C. Harder, "The Hematite Ores of Brazil and a Comparison with the Hematite Ores of Lake...Ores of Brazil," Econ. Geol., IX, (1914) ioi-iI; E. C. Harder, "The Iron Industry in Brazil," Bull. Am
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,...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...contained a one-page editorial (“Location – Minas Gerais, Brazil”) by editor John White, museum specialist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the BIF-hosted orogenic Cuiabá gold deposit, Brazil: implications for the hydrothermal fluid evolution...in the BIF-hosted orogenic Cuiabá gold deposit, Brazil: implications for the hydrothermal fluid evolution...in the BIF-hosted orogenic Cuiabá gold deposit, Brazil: implications for the hydrothermal fluid evolution...Geosciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Centre for Exploration Targeting...orogenic Au deposit, Quadrilátero Ferrífero district, Brazil, were conducted to track distinct trace element
Journal (issue)
(a variety of zoisite), 9 cm, from the Merelani mine, located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains...La Marina mine, Colombia. Top right: Topaz, 8.4 cm, from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Lower left:...left: Phosphophyllite, 2 cm, from the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Bottom right: Grossular, 3.5 cm,...Andrea Bartorelli: Minerals and Precious Stones of Brazil. Other important references (if any) for individual...cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson collection (I had
 
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