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Gorceixite from
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil


Locality type:Municipality
Classification
Species:Gorceixite
Formula:BaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Comments:As the variety "Ferrazite" which is discoidal pebbles (favas) in the diamondiferous sands.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gorceixite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:483840
Long-form Identifier:1:3:483840:1
GUID (UUID V4):efab5e29-86d7-45bb-92fc-cb4cd826ffe8
Localities for Gorceixite in this Region
Extração district, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sopa, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PP 8 4 1 - 8 4 2 Ferrazite is identical to gorceixite D. Atencio Departamento de Mineralogia e Petrologia...(1928) and Palache et al. (1951) as Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil. From the results of a preliminary...de Sgo Paulo) labelled as 'Ferrazita. Diamantina, Minas Gerais' (Sample 41.5.8.1/3 - 625A/1). The sample...electron microprobe chemical data (Table 2) as gorceixite, BaA13(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6. The density measured...Hussak and by Lee and Moraes agrees with that for gorceixite (Dmeas. 3.1 and D~alc. 3.41). A mean index of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PP 8 4 1 - 8 4 2 Ferrazite is identical to gorceixite D. Atencio Departamento de Mineralogia e Petrologia...(1928) and Palache et al. (1951) as Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil. From the results of a preliminary...de Sgo Paulo) labelled as 'Ferrazita. Diamantina, Minas Gerais' (Sample 41.5.8.1/3 - 625A/1). The sample...electron microprobe chemical data (Table 2) as gorceixite, BaA13(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6. The density measured...Hussak and by Lee and Moraes agrees with that for gorceixite (Dmeas. 3.1 and D~alc. 3.41). A mean index of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1984 Sr-gorceixite, a weathering product in rich iron ores from the C6rrego do Feij o Mine, Minas Gerais...Gerais, Brazil Wania Greiffo, Klaus Herrmann, Georg Miiller, and Karl W. Strauss Institut fiir Mineralogie...phosphate (Sr-gorceixite) formed by supergene alteration in rich iron ores from Minas Gerais, Brazil, has been...SW of Belo Horizonte, capital of the Minas Gerais State, Brazil. In commercial iron ore concentrates...well as the here discussed solid solutions of gorceixite-goyazite belongs to the same phosphate family
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Technology] at 08:56 14 October 2014 for Which Brazil Is the Type Locality DANIEL ATENCIO Geoscience...05422-970 Slo Paulo, Brazil w h e r e are several minerals first described from Brazil, many of which are...euclase, faheyite. florencite-(Ce). frondelite. gorceixite. goymite, jodite, lipscombite, moraesite, palladium...(1962) in the Sapucain pegmatite, GalilCia, Minas Gerais. Brazil, and regarded as the type specimen, seems...a niiiieral from several occurrences, including Brazil. but none of the investigated qwcimens was designated
Report (issue)
Gorceixite BaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 Crystal Data: Monoclinic or hexagonal. Point Group: m or 3 m. Rare...may be coincidental). Distribution: In Brazil, in Minas Gerais, along the Rio Abaeté, Rio Bagagem, and...and Rio Douradinho, near Curralinho and Dattas, Diamantina, and in the Araxá carbonatite, containing an...mineralogist, Director, School of Mines, Ouro Preto, Brazil. Type Material: n.d. References: (1) Palache, C...Pseudo-trigonal symmetry and the structure of gorceixite. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh., 157-170. (3)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
microprobe chemical data for 'ferrazite' and gorceixite 1 2 BaO PbO SrO CaO NazO K20 30.00 A1203...1. Gorceixite, ideal composition BaAI3(PO4)(PO3OH) (OH)6. 2. 'Ferrazite' from Diamantina, Minas Gerais...Gerais, Brazil (Average of 10 analyses: H20 by difference).. Ba by gravimetry with precipitation of PbSO4...conclusion, ferrazite is identical to gorceixite. The name gorceixite (Hussak, 1906) was published before...Blanchard, F.N. (1989) New X-ray powder data for gorceixite, BaA13(PO4)2(OH)5.H20, an evaluation of d-spacings
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Madagascar: orthoclase, 508. Mrima hill, Kenya: gorceixite, pandaite, 277. Toror hills, Uganda: trachyte...AMERICA Bolivia Coehabamba: crocidolite, 291. Brazil Bahia NORTH AMERICA Greenland flimaussag:...: hurlbutite, 427. Itapiuna: scorodite, 428. Minas Gerais Corregio JFrio mine: brazilianite, scorodire...Lana, Ouro Preto : plumbogummite, 427. Diamantina: gorceixite, 427. Sapucaia mine: moraesite, 427. $5o...del Rei : vivianite, 427. Tapira: calzirtite, gorceixite, pandaite, perovskite, pyrochlore, 544. Paraiba
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
h i s i n d e x . Acari, Rio Grande do Notre, Brazil, Bismutotantalite, 785. Adularia,Zambia, cryst...India, 1018. Alto Feio, Pedra Lavrada, Paraiba, Brazil, bismoclite, bismuth, bismutite, 785. Alunite,...li. Arrojadite, Brazil, d.t.a., 427. Arsenic, geochemistry of, 88. Arsenobismite, Brazil, 785. Artern,...Bancroft, Ontario, peristerite, 165. Barbosalite, Brazil, 784. Barium feldspars, see Barinm-orthoclase,...Bismoclite, Brazil, 785. Bismuth, native, Brazil, 785. Bismuthinite, Brazil, 785. Bismutite, Brazil, 785. Bismutotantalite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northern Serra do Espinhac o (State of Bahia, Brazil) G. Morteani1 and D. Ackermand2 1 Geoexpert International...(Northern Serra do Espinhac o, State of Bahia, NE Brazil) about 10 km west of the town of Boquira. Sky blue...world-wide e.g. from the present study area in Bahia (Brazil) by Cassedanne and Franco (1966), Cassedanne et...(1989) and Visser et al. (1997), from Diamantina, Minas Gerais (Brazil) by Horn et al. (1996) and Morteani...Northern Espinhac o mountain chain, State of Bahia, Brazil, and are one of the rather rare examples of Proterozoic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Ba, Sr, Ca, K-rich phosphates– sulphates: gorceixite, rarely goyazite, crandallite, svanbergite, jarosite...P-phase). Gorceixite exhibits more restricted compositional variations between gorceixite–goyazite and...and gorceixite–crandallite s.s.: Ba/(Ba + Sr) = 0.73–0.99, Ba/(Ba + Ca) = 0.78–0.99 and (P − 1)/[(P −...minerals but it is rich in Ba-phases (barite, gorceixite). The peak metamorphic conditions of the host...mineralization occur in Proterozoic metaquartzites in Brazil and Madagascar (Morteani et al., 2001; Morteani
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 (issue)
0026-4628 'Continued on p. 415 Articles Diamonds in Brazil .................................................Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Since their discovery in Minas Gerais, near the town of Diamantina, Brazilian diamonds...mining, fables and dreams. By the end of the 1700’s Brazil had become the world’s leading producer of diamonds...century. fficially the discovery of diamonds in Brazil is dated at 1727. Gold prospectors had found occasional...false idea that Brazil is a producer.” The sheer volume of diamonds coming from Brazil soon overwhelmed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
described e. g. from the Serra do Espinhaço (Bahia, Brazil, Casse- danne & Franco 1966, Cassedanne et al...al. 1989, Visser et al. 1997), from Diamantina (Minas Gerais, Brazil, Horn et al. 1996, Morteani & Ackermand...lazulite – dumortierite quartzites of the areas of Diamantina (Espinhaço fold belt, MG) by Morteani & Ackermand...te minerals from Diamantina, Brazil (Morteani et al. 2001), Serra de Canas, Brazil (Morteani & Ackermand...dumortieritebearing quartzites of the Serra de Canas (Brazil) does not find an equivalent in the present studied
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
D14473, Germany Abstract Samples of carbonado from Brazil and the Central African Republic were studied with...orthoclase, iron oxides, monazite, rutile, florencite-gorceixite, serpentine, kaolinite, and other minerals of...It has been found only in alluvial sediments of Brazil (e.g., Svisero 1995) and the Central African Republic...species from two major areas of its distribution: Brazil and the Central African Republic. TEM studies of...distribution of carbonado: Brazil and the Central African Republic. In Brazil, the sample area is located
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphosed phosphatic sandstone, Espinhaço fold belt (Brazil) Gerhard Franz1 · Giulio Morteani2 · Dieter Rhede3...sandstone from the Mesoproterozoic Espinhaço fold belt, Brazil, in a dissolution–precipitation reaction: zircon1...the Espinhaço supergroup (São Francisco craton, Brazil; Fig. 1). Backscattered electron images (BSE),...over approximately 1000 km N–S in central-eastern Brazil running from the southern border of the States...Ferrífero” (“Iron Quadrangle”) in the State of Minas Gerais (9°S to 20°S). Hand samples were taken from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits, such as Bayan Obo in China, Araxá in Brazil, Mountain Pass in the USA, and Mount Weld in Australia...Cl)6 Gerenite–(Y) (Ca,Na)2(Y,REE)3Si6O18.2H2O Gorceixite Goyazite Hingganite–(Y) Huanghoite–(Ce) Hydr...Kikertaursak, Greenland pre-1951: Mata dos Criolos, Minas Gerais, Brazil 1845: Broddbo and Finnbo, Dalarna, Sweden...Canada 1906: Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil 1884: Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil 1984: Greater Hinggan...Carbonatite-related Bayan Obo, China; Araxá, Brazil; Karonge, Burundi; Mountain Pass, USA; Nolans Bore
Catalog/List
2x2 £3 2x3 £6 Al Hydroxides ½"£4 715 BERYL Minas Gerais Brazil 230 ANTIGORITE Jeffery Mine, Quebec,Canada...£7 2x3 £10 lxl £5 40 BERYL Erongo Namibia Minas Gerais Brazil 54 APATITE Var. Aquamarine. Clear pale blue...Betpakdala Desert Kasachstan 732 APATITE Parelho,Pariba,Brazil Rich slivery mass on quartz small pale blue crystals...211 BRAZILIANITE Divina des Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerais,Brazi 824 CLINOZOISITE Timmins area Ontario...lxl------lx2----- -- · ----· . . - - · -·-·184 GORCEIXITE Les Montmins, AllierFrancc 1105 FASSAITE Toal
Book
crandallite from the Alto Benedeto pegmatite, Parai'ba, Brazil (by J.P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto) 22: 183-185 ALTO...Burian goyazite from [Alto Bernardino, Paraiba,] Brazil (by J. S. White, Jr.) 12:379 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE...and muscovite from the Ze Pinto prospect, Minas Gerais, Brazil 21:405-408 --with J.P. Cassedanne: Crystallized...Pitora, Minas Gerais, Brazil 21:409-412 --with J. P. Cassedanne: The Jaguara~u pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil...and platinum from C6rrego Born Sucesso, Minas Gerais, Brazil 23:471-474 AMARGOSA DESERT Hydroboracite
Journal (issue)
Crystal 25x 17x 17mm. J& 60/13411. Agate (onyx) ?Brazil]. 6x 5 CM.N2 636/3292. Hofmann collection. All...Hungary, the Harz, Italy, Tirol, Saxony, Switzerland, Brazil, North America, Sitka Island, and Manila (Philippines)...Buena; Huallapon 104- Huanzala 105- Cerro de Pasco; Minas Ragra; M orccocha 106- Huancavelica 107- Corocoro...Brumado 122- Itinga; Lavra da I lha: Taquaral 123- Diamantina 124- Galileia; Concelheiro Pena; Govemador Valadares...specimen. Photo: N. Pekova. 6. Euclase. Minas Gerais, Brazil. Crystal 8 mm tall. 1.V.& N . Pekov specimen
Journal (issue)
tall, from the Virgem da Lapa district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Sorbonne collec­ tion, photo by Nelly and...University of Rio de Janeiro & C.N.Pq. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Jack Lowell Colorado Gem and Mineral Company...a small pegmatite area in northeast­ ern Minas Gerais, Brazil, began to produce uncommonly fine specimens...and east of Montes Claros in northeastern Minas Gerais, Brazil. Brasilia is 600 km to the west-northwest...from the town of Virgem da Lapa is by way of the Diamantina road until the first junction at the top of the
Catalog/List
AZURITE Toussit Morocco 732 APATITE Parelho,Pariba,Brazil Good blue crystalline coating on sulphide/rock...£4 2x2 £8 1039 BARYTES Mibladen Morocco Minas Gerias Brazil 54 APATITE Attractive creamy cockscomb crystal...211 BRAZILIANITE Divino des Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerias,Brazi gemmy yellow-green crystal section...BERTRANDITE Golconda Mine, Governador Valadarcs, Brazil Mass of sharp transparent ,small (micro) crystals...£lf__ _}2'~~2S Be Al S10 •715 BERYL Minns Gerins Brazil MORGANITE pale pink translucent with naturally
Book
mines being in the Madras area; in Brazil, from Diamantina, Minas Gerais; from South Africa in a number of...Cuba and from the Morro Velho gold mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Treatment. As for chalcopyrite. Acanthite...composition to joseite. Localities. From Minas Gerais, Brazil. Molybdenite MoS2 An important ore of molybdenum... Ives areas of Cornwall. Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Brazil, Japan and Mexico also provide excellent material...Localities. Bravoite is found in the vanadium ores at Minas Ragra, Peru; Derbyshire; Spain; Germany; Colorado
Book (edition)
Salinas, Peru, H Variscite, xx 5 mm, Iturnbiara, Brazil, H Rhodocbrosite, polished, 50 mm, Capillitas,... China, H Page 1: MuscO\ite. 45 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia...Ethiopia, G Page 12: Brazilianite, 35 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California...mine. Edwards. St. blue masses at Brumado Bahia, Brazil. At SchneeLawrenceco.. NewYork.andon LakeHarbour...Mts., Germany. ~n Au veins_at Mo1To Velho. Minas Gerais, Brazil. With tourmaline, muscovite-fuchsite,apatite
Book
in France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, and Brazil Optical Constants: IX = 1.578, /3 = 1.593 (vary...Hampshire; and at the Serra Blanca pegmatite, Picuhy, Brazil. Optical Constants: IX = 1.664, 13 = 1.670, Y =...triphylite at the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Subsequently identified from several additional...Portugal; Sapucaia pegother phosphates matite, Minas Geraes, Brazil; and at Optical Constants: co = 1.5235,...at GR, Weber J (1974) Encyclopedia of Mantena in Minas Geraes; also as small minerals, New York, Van Nostrand
Report (issue)
Janeiro______________________ Sao Paulo__________________________ Minas Gerais_______________________ Espirito Santo______________________...Monazite localities-Continued South America-Continued Brazil-Continued Beach placers _________________________...and Idaho. Most of the world output has come from Brazil, India, and the Republic of South Africa, but 12...beaches and elevated bars along the southern coast of Brazil were the world's main source of commercial monazite...international importance. Stream placers in the interior of Brazil are virtually unexplored; they may constitute an
 
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