Locality type: | Alluvials |
Classification |
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Species: | Breyite |
Formula: | Ca3Si3O9 |
Comments: | May be walstromite or perovskite. |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Breyite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view São Luis river alluvials, Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 876696 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:876696:0 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 234fe987-0a02-47ac-bc76-49d62c5cadbc |
Nearest other occurrences of Breyite |
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29.2km (18.1 miles) | ⓘSorriso river, Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
References |
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Zedgenizov, D.A., Shatskiy, A., Ragozin, A.L., Kagi, H., Shatsky, V.S. (2014): Merwinite in diamond from São Luiz, Brazil: A new mineral of the Ca-rich mantle environment. American Mineralogist: 99: 547-550. Brenker, F.E., Nestola, F., Brenker, L., Peruzzo, L., Harris, J.W. (2021) Origin, properties, and structure of breyite: The second most abundant mineral inclusion in super-deep diamonds. American Mineralogist: 106(1): 38–43. |