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Microcline from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Brazil
 
[var. Amazonite] Mason, Anita (1976) The World of Rocks and Minerals. Larousse & Co., Inc., New York.
Cui, Shiyuan, Xu, Bo, Shen, Jiaqi, Miao, Zhuang, Wang, Zixuan (2023) Gemology, Spectroscopy, and Mineralogy Study of Aquamarines of Three Different Origins. Crystals, 13 (10) doi:10.3390/cryst13101478
Morteani, G., Preinfalk, C., Horn, A. H. (2000) Classification and mineralization potential of the pegmatites of the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (7) 638-655 doi:10.1007/s001260050268
    • Conceição do Mato Dentro
      • SĂŁo JosĂ© de BrejaĂșba
Guimarães, C.P. (1941) Djalmaite, a new radio-active mineral. American Mineralogist: 26: 343–346.
    • Conselheiro Pena
      • Barra do CuietĂ©
CPRM Brazilian Geological Survey.
Bermanec, V., Scholz, R., Marković, F., Gobac, Ćœ. Ćœ., & Chaves, M. L. D. S. C. (2011) Mineralogy of the Boa Vista pegmatite, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In 5th international symposium on granitic pegmatites, PEG 2011.
Baijot, Maxime, Hatert, Frédéric, Dal Bo, Fabrice, Philippo, Simon (2014) Mineralogy and petrography of phosphate mineral association from the Jocão pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Canadian Mineralogist, 52 (2) 373-397 doi:10.3749/canmin.52.2.373
Scholz, R., Chukanov, N. V., Filho, L. A. D. M., Atencio, D., Lagoeiro, L., Belotti, F. M., Chaves, M. L. S. C., Romano, A. W., Brandão, P. R., Belakovskiy, D. I., Pekov, I. (2014) Césarferreiraite, Fe2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·8H2O, from Eduardo mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Second arsenate in the laueite mineral group. American Mineralogist, 99 (4) 607-611 doi:10.2138/am.2014.4695
luigi chiappino specimen
Atencio, Daniel, Carvalho, Flåvio M.S., Matioli, Paulo A. (2004) Coutinhoite, a new thorium uranyl silicate hydrate, from Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. American Mineralogist, 89 (5) 721-724 doi:10.2138/am-2004-5-606
dan weinrich
      • Ferruginha
Russ Behnke
Mineralogical Record (2009) 40:273-292
Lallemant, A. (1978): What's new in Minerals ?: New Tourmaline discovery in Brazil. Mineralogical Record. 9 (5): 298-299
Wilson, W E (2012) Famous Mimeral localities: The Jonas Mine, Itatiaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record 43:289-317.
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
Fernandes, A. G., Karfunkel, J., Hoover, D. B., Sgarbi, P. B. de A., Sgarbi, G. N. C., Oliveira, G. D., Gomes, J. C. de S. P., and Kambrock, K., 2014, The basal conglomerate of the Capacete Formation (Mata da Corda Group) and its relation to diamond distributions in Coromandel, Minas Gerais state, Brazil: Brazilian Jour. of Geology, v. 44, no. 1, p. 91-103.
    • Coronel Murta
Bastos, F.M. (2002): Famous Mineral Localities: The Barra de Salinas Pegmatites, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record 33: 209-216
Andrade, M. B., Atencio, D., Filho, L. A. D. M., Ellena, J. (2011) TThe structure of a microlite-group mineral with a formula near NaCaTa2O6F from the Morro Rendondo Mine, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (2) 615-621 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.2.615
    • Cuparaque
      • Aldeia
Cassedanne, Jacques P., Alves, Jeanete (1990) Apatite and Muscovite from the ZĂ© Pinto Prospect, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mineralogical Record, 21 (5) 405-408
    • Divino das Laranjeiras
      • LinĂłpolis
Cassedanne, Jacques P. (1983) Famous Mineral Localities: the CĂłrrego Frio Mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mineralogical Record, 14 (4) Tucson. 227-237
Menezes, Luiz Alberto Dias (n.d.) Personal communication.
Menezes Filho, Luiz A. D., Chaves, Mário L. S. C., Cooper, Mark A., Ball, Neil A., Abdu, Yassir A., Sharpe, Ryan, Day, Maxwell C., Hawthorne, Frank C. (2019) Brandãoite, [BeAl2(PO4)2(OH)2(H2O)4](H2O), a new Be–Al phosphate mineral from the João Firmino mine, Pomarolli farm region, Divino das Laranjeiras County, Minas Gerais State, Brazil: description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (2) 261-267 doi:10.1180/mgm.2018.121
Rica, B. (2019). Pegmatite and Sample Description. Geochemical Journal, 53(2), 151-170.
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
Cassedanne, J.P. (1983) Famous mineral localities: The CĂłrrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mineralogical Record, 14(4), 227-237 (235).
    • Ferros
[var. Amazonite]
    • GalilĂ©ia
      • Laranjeiras
Cassedanne, Jacques P., Alves, Jeanete (1990) Crystallized Rose Quartz from Alto da Pitora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mineralogical Record, 21 (5) 409-412
Mario Pauwels collection (specimen with rose quartz on microcline)
      • Sapucaia do Norte
Russ Rizzo Collection
Baijot, M., Hatert, F., Philippo, S. (2012) Mineralogy and geochemistry of phosphates and silicates in the Sapucaia pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Genetic implications. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (6) 1531-1554 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.6.1531
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
    • Governador Valadares
      • Golconda mining district
Menezes, Luiz Alberto Dias (n.d.) Personal communication.
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
Luis Menezes
Rob Lavinsky specimen
    • Itabira
Jordt-Evangelista, H., Lana, C., Delgado, C.E.R., Viana, D.J. (2016) Age of the emerald mineralization from the Itabira-Nova Era District, Minas Gerais, Brazil, based on LA-ICP-MS geochronology of cogenetic titanite. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 46(3), 427-437.
    • Itinga
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
Lithiotantite, Ideally LiTa3O8 - Luiz A.D.Menezes Filho, Hexiong Yang, Robert T. Downs, MĂĄrio L.S.C. Chaves, Aba C. Persiano - Acta Cryst. (2012) E68, i27 - i28
Sergio Varvello collection
      • Monte Belo
Rob Lavinsky photo
Quéméneur, J., Lagache, M. (1999) Comparative study of two pegmatitic fields from Minas Gerais, Brazil, using rubidium and cesium content of the micas and feldspars. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 29 (1) 27-32
Luis Menezes
      • Taquaral
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
        • Laranjeira
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
        • PiauĂ­ valley
Morteani, G., Preinfalk, C., Horn, A. H. (2000) Classification and mineralization potential of the pegmatites of the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (7) 638-655 doi:10.1007/s001260050268
sergio varvello
Romeiro, J. C. P., & Pedrosa-Soares, A. C. (2005). Controle do minĂ©rio de espodumĂȘnio em pegmatitos da Mina da Cachoeira, AraçuaĂ­, MG. Geonomos.
Chukanov, Nikita V., Atencio, Daniel, Zadov, Alexander E., Filho, Luis A.D. Menezes, Coutinho, Jose M.V. (2007) GuimarĂŁesite, a New Zn-dominant Monoclinic Roscherite-group Mineral from Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. New Data on Minerals, 42. 11-15
Quéméneur, J., Lagache, M. (1999) Comparative study of two pegmatitic fields from Minas Gerais, Brazil, using rubidium and cesium content of the micas and feldspars. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 29 (1) 27-32
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
various added photos
Menezes, Luiz Alberto Dias (n.d.) Personal communication.
Rob Lavinsky specimen
    • Jaguaraçu
[Mineralogical Record - Vol 25 No.3]
[var. Amazonite] Sauer, J.R. (1982) Brazil, Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America, 135 pp. (pp. 124-125).
    • Medina
Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes Filho, Mario Luiz de SĂĄ Carneiro Chaves, Coralie Heinis Dias, Daniel Atencio (2016): Recent mineral discoveries in the Coronel Murta, Taquaral, and Medina pegmatite fields, northeastern Minas Gerais, Brazil. REM - Int. Eng. J. 69, 301-307. [http://www.scielo.br/pdf/remi/v69n3/2448-167X-remi-69-03-0301.pdf]
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
    • Mendes Pimentel
Atencio, D., Coutinho, J. M.V., Mascarenhas, Y. P., Ellena, J. A. (2006) Matioliite, the Mg-analog of burangaite, from Gentil mine, Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and other occurrences. American Mineralogist, 91 (11) 1932-1936 doi:10.2138/am.2006.2233
    • Nazareno
Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1964, LXXXVII, p. 285.
Menezes da Silva, Victor H.R., Ávila, Ciro A., Neumann, Reiner, Faulstich, Fabiano R.L., Alves, Felipe E.A., de Almeida, Filipe B., Cidade, Tais Proença, Sousa, Sarah Siqueira da Cruz Guimarães (2020) Oxycalciomicrolite, (Ca,Na)2(Ta,Nb,Ti)2O6(O,F), a new member of the microlite group (pyrochlore supergroup) from the Paleoproterozoic São João del Rei Pegmatite Province, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Mineralogical Magazine, 84 (6) 854-858 doi:10.1180/mgm.2020.74
Quéméneur, J., Lagache, M. (1999) Comparative study of two pegmatitic fields from Minas Gerais, Brazil, using rubidium and cesium content of the micas and feldspars. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 29 (1) 27-32
Lagache, M., Quemeneur, J. (1997) The Volta Grande Pegmatites, Minas Gerais, Brazil; an example of rare-element granitic pegmatites exceptionally enriched in lithium and rubidium. The Canadian Mineralogist, 35 (1) 153-165
Carlos Barbosa specimen
Luis Menezes
Ulbrich, M. N. (1993). Mineralogy of nepheline syenites from the Poços de Baldas Alkaline massif, se Brazil: chemistry, x-ray data and microtextures of feldspars. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 23(4), 388-399.
    • Poços de Caldas
Baretto & Fujimori (1986)
Vlach, S. R. F., Ulbrich, H. H. G. J., Ulbrich, M. N. C., & Vasconcelos, P. M. (2018). Melanite-bearing nepheline syenite fragments and 40 Ar/39 Ar age of phlogopite megacrysts in conduit breccia from the Poços de Caldas Alkaline Massif (MG/SP), and implications. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 48, 391-402.
HorvĂĄth, Menezes, Toft ollections - confirmed by XRD & microprobe
Christian Bracke
    • Santa Maria de Itabira
[var. Amazonite] Betts, John (n.d.) John Betts website listing.
    • SĂŁo Geraldo do Baixio
Dunn, Pete J., Gaines, Richard V., Wolfe, C. Wroe, Barbosa, Carlos do Prado (1978) Epitaxial Wodginite and Cassiterite from Lavra Jabuti, Baixio, Galilea, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mineralogical Record, 9 (1) Tucson. 14-18
    • SĂŁo JosĂ© da Safira
Fine Minerals International
    • SĂŁo SebastiĂŁo do MaranhĂŁo
AmMin 65:183-187 (1980)
dan weinrich
Dutra, C. V., & Formoso, M. L. L. (2011). ConsideraçÔes sobre os elementos terras raras em apatitas. Geochimica Brasiliensis, 9(2).
various added photos
Exceptional Minerals specimen
Rocks & Min.: 63: 45, 389.
 
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