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Morganite from
Pederneira mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Beryl var: Morganite
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Elbaite4 photos of Morganite associated with Elbaite at this locality.
Tourmaline3 photos of Morganite associated with Tourmaline at this locality.
Beryl2 photos of Morganite associated with Beryl at this locality.
Aquamarine1 photo of Morganite associated with Aquamarine at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Morganite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pederneira mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:202565
Long-form Identifier:1:3:202565:0
GUID (UUID V4):a37befe0-0e14-478c-a70f-a1fab83d6206
Nearest other occurrences of Morganite
54.0km (33.5 miles) Alto da Golconda mine, Golconda mining district, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
94.4km (58.6 miles) Jove Lauriano claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
References
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(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... 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson collection
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pseudohexagonal twinned crystals, 23 × 20 cm, Cianciana mine, Agrigento, Italy. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 5...microcline crystals, 35 × 45 cm, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Adalberto Giazotto photo. Figure 6...large crystal group, 50 × 50 cm, from the Anahi mine, La Gaiba district, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia...aggregate of red crystals, 13 × 10 cm, Dolores Tercera mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapò, Atacama, Chile. Adalberto...crystals, 35 × 15 cm, Pederneira mine, São José de Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Adalberto Giazotto photo
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titled Tourmaline and Other Figure 1. Silver, Kings Mine, Kongsberg, Norway; 2004; painted actual size of...January/February 2015 63 Figure 2. Amethyst, Epimonio Mine, Pedras Parado, Las Vegas [Vigas], Vera Cruz [Veracruz]...Elbaite with Cleavelandite and Lepidolite: [Papruk Mine], Kunar Province, Afghanistan; 2004; painted actual...Beryl (variety Heliodor), Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2002; painted actual size of specimen (8...5. Elbaite on Lepidolite: Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2007; painted actual size of specimen (9
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The Pederneira Mine São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil Dedication This article is the culmination...the Pederneira mine and with the people who live and breathe the project every day. The Pederneira mine...collaboration and belief in our project, the Pederneira mine would have been closed long, long ago. Thank...me (and the world) your culture and this amazing mine with all its incredible treasures. Thanks also to...wife Marisa, without whose support and input the Pederneira rollercoaster ride (and others) would not have
Catalog/List
first offered for sale. 73007 TOURMALINE Minh Tien Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam A classic Vietnamese...online, visit HA.com/6150 73008 ELBAITE Minh Tien Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam This unusual...2015 | 12:00 PM CT   15 73009 ELBAITE Minh Tien Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam Clearly defined...12:00 PM CT   17 CHINA 73012 PYROMORPHITE Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang...73013 SPESSARTINE on SMOKY QUARTZ Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian
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row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler collection; Holly...the Musonoi mine, Zaire (#950). Jerry Cone photo. Adamite, 5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino
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One in particular that I hold dear is the large Morganite with Kunzite from Afghanistan. These are but a...Chalcopyrite) Cata Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 10 Adamite (Manganoadamite) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango,..., Morocco, 48-49 Apatite (with Bikitaite) Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina,...Div., Myanmar, 22 Aphthitalite PCA Intrepid Potash Mine, Carlsbad, New Mexico, 22 Axinite (Magnesio-Axinite)...Pakistan, 7 Azurite (& Malachite) "Sams Pocket", Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 20-21 Bastnaesite (on Calcite)
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and spessartine. Historic localities are found in Brazil, Madagascar, Russia, and the United States, but...(Simmons 2007). Historically, pegmatite deposits in Brazil, Madagascar, Russia, and the United States have...Acadêmico Hélio Ramos, 54740-530, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil E-mail: beurlen@ufpe.br E LEMENTS , V OL . 8,...left to right from the upper left, pink morganite beryl (Brazil, 100.99 ct, 35.96 × 25.69 mm), blue topaz...red-violet elbaite tourmaline (Brazil, 16.87 ct), blue aquamarine beryl (Brazil, 17.96 ct), orange spessartine
Report (issue)
Helvite with calcite, 12 cm, from the DongWuQi mine, Huanggangliang Mountains, Inner Mongolia, China...crystals on borcarite, 2.5 cm, from the Huanggang mine, Huanggangliang Mountains, Inner Mongolia, China...Huanggangliang, and especially from the Huanggang mine—stay tuned for my report on the 2012 Tucson Show...came from… Barite, 6 cm, from the Ale and Cakes mine, Gwennap, Cornwall, England. Crystal Classics specimen...best crystal development worldwide at the McDermitt mine, Opalite district, Humboldt County, Nevada. The
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Front cover: Sulfur on Aragonite, 25 cm Cozzodisi mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Adalberto...place in the Sardinian mines and the Traversella mine (Piedmont). The second edition of the Catalogue...chalcopyrite and various rare sulfosalts from the Bottino mine in Tuscany. MINERAL COLLECTING FROM THE POST-WAR...exploring the underground workings of an historic gold mine in the Brusson area, Val d' Ayas, western Alps....momentum came from my first visit to the Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Quebec in 1997. I was fascinated by
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FLUORffE Tue largest crystal measures 3 cm Heights mine, Weardale, County Durham, England. Stuart Strife...(upper left) Elbaite, 4.5 cm, Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Gus Eitler collection; Joe Budd...Rhodochrosite, 11.5 cm, Good Luck pocket, Sweet Horne mine, Alma, Colorado. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe...Daoping mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China. Ex Steve Smale Kunzite spodumene, 11 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais...Gerais, Brazil. Ex Steve SmaJe collection. Joe Budd photo. Tanzanite zoisite, 6 cm, Merelani Hills, Arusha
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epidote deposits of the Capelinha Region, Minas Gerais, Brazil ......................................315...epidote on matrix, 4.4 cm, from Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gail and Jim Spann collection; Tom Spann...w w w. FineMineral.com Tourmaline Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil. 19.5 cm Fine Minerals International proudly...greenmountainminerals.com BA R I T E 12 X 8” Parkside Mine, Frizington Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK Photo...EPIDOTE DEPOSITS OF THE CAPELINHA REGION, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL Andrea Bartorelli1 Carlos Cornejo2 Mario
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Collector—Part II Fify-nine treasure hunts in Minas Gerais, 1969–2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 by...crystal cluster on matrix, 6 cm tall, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Sandor Fuss collection (2004)...Vug,” discovered on the 12th level of the Cresson mine, Cripple Creek district, Colorado in 1914 (see “The...Mineralogical Record, volume 37, May–June, 2006 Cresson mine manager Dick Roelofs showing the Cresson Vug to...school; he did his Master’s work at the Rueppele iron mine in Stanton, Missouri. He spent the years 1931–1932
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crystal, 75 mm long, from the Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gérais, Brazil. See 'The location, geology and mineralogy...mineralogy of gem tourmalines in Brazil' on pp. 263-98 ISSN: 1355-4565 262 J. G e m m , 1996, 25, 4 ...location, geology and mineralogy of gem tourmalines in Brazil Jacques P. Cassedanne, Dr. Sc. *, and Maurice Roditi...tourmaline is the 'Eastern pegmatitic province' of Minas Gerais. One general and three detailed maps of specific...Non-pegmatitic deposits of tourmaline include the Brumado mine (Bahia) which produces fine red uvite crystals and
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MINERALS & PRECIOUS STONES OF BRAZIL Sponsored by: VALE MINISTER.IO DA CULTURA © 2009 - CARLOS CORNEJO...Lavra do Sapo, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais. Collection of Alvaro Lucio. Photograph taken...photographs: "Parafba" tourmaline (25 x 6 mm), Sao Jose da Batalha, Parafba. Courtesy of Bruno and Rolando Gioia...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
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variety morganite with “schorl” on albite, 16.8 × 16.0 × 14.3 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Joe...variety morganite with elbaite, 13.8 × 8.0 × 11.7 cm, Pederneira claim, (g) (h) São José da Safira, Doce...Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Joe Budd photo, courtesy of The Arkenstone. (e) Beryl variety morganite, spodumene...colorless beryl variety goshenite from the Tanco mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, 6.2 × 4.0 × 4.8 cm; David...Manganese as Mn2+ creates the pale pink variety morganite (figs. 1c, d, f); oxidation to Mn3+ produces deeply
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Teller Co., Colorado, 43 Apatite Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 13 Laghman, Nuristan, Afghanistan, 31...Nigeria, 15 Medina Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 36 Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 27 Azurite (with...(with Malachite) Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, 12 Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 16, 20...20 Beryl (see also Aquamarine, Morganite, Emerald) (Red Beryl), Violet Claim, Wah Wah Mtns., Utah, 3 Bournonite...Bournonite Yaoganxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan Prov., China, 31 Calcite (on Stibnite) Guang Xi, Hunan
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heulandite). Stilbite-Ca from the Little Three mine, California, (Table 9 of London et al., 2012) is...elbaite-rossmanite, lepidolite), Cs-beryl variety morganite, and other uncommon silicates, phosphates, and...pegmatites from Maine, California, Afghanistan, and Brazil that were part of this study), contain spodumene...in a third. At the mineralogically similar Havey mine, Maine, the clays are exceedingly pure white kaolinite...tourmaline-bearing pegmatite of Alto dos Quintos Mine, northeast Brazil. Clay Mineralogy, Jo 46, 473–485. Eby
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and Smelting Company of British Columbia, and the Mine and Exploration Division of the Canadian Forestry...“The Mineralogy and Geology of the Silence Lake Mine” was published in Lapis (May 1985), and he was a...Colorado he worked as a miner at the Climax molybdenum mine. Benjy married Elizabeth Ann Spangler, and they...volume 51, September–October, 2020 famous Franklin mine. Russell and Alexandra were married soon after meeting...com | w w w. FineMineral.com Colorado Quartz Mine, California, USA 6 cm Rudolph Now accepting
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appreciate a mineral from China, Pakistan, America or Brazil equally without any preconceived bias, prejudice...Acanthite La Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 18 Adamite (Manganoadamite) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango,...Georgia, 10, 56 Apatite Sao Jose de Batalha, Paraiba, Brazil, 41 Apophyllite Jalgaon, N. Maharashtra, India...Malachite) Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, 60 (on Malachite) Milipilas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 56 (with...(with Malachite) Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, 31 Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 46 Beryl (see also
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Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the...dozen mines were opened, one of which (the Mariposa mine) produced a wider variety of mercury minerals than...Morgenstern photo. Calcite, 5.8 cm, from the Mariposa mine, Terlingua; Roh Lavinsky (The Arkenstone) specimen...Calomel crystals on terlinguaite, 3 mm, Mariposa mine, Terlingua. Celestine, 4.5 cm, Burnet, Burnet County;
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Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. BACK COVER: Copper, 13.5 cm, from the Ray Mine, Pinal County...165,179,184 (Emerald) 157 (Heliodor) 43, 81 (Morganite) 69, 113, 149 Beryllonite 93 Bournonite 29 Brazilianite...a superb crystal of kunzite from The White Queen mine in California lends important provenance to the...The Morganite from the White Queen mine, California (plate 8) The Cerussite from the Kombat mine, Namibia...Tourmaline Queen mine, California (plate 31) "The Dragon" Gold from the Colorado Quartz mine, California (plate
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The EBPP is situated mainly in the State of Minas Gerais, but encompasses also parts of the States of...production of gemquality tourmaline, aquamarine, morganite, and contain abundant spodumene, tantalite and...Manuel Teixeira da Costa, Instituto de GeocieÃncias, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. AntoÃnio...AntoÃnio Carlos 6277, 31 000 Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil the context of emerald mineralization, but seem to be...Argentina, (2) the north-eastern or Borborema in Brazil, and (3) the Eastern Brazilian. A description of
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Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most...localities in countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Zambia, and the United States...aquamarine, and to a lesser extent heliodor, morganite, bixbite (red beryl), and goshenite, are particularly...theme of the 2011 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, morganite, the pink variety of beryl, so well known from...column, the first being emerald (Cook 1993). Morganite is, of course, typically described as pink in
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The 6.7-cm specimen is from the Pederneira mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. John S. White specimen and photo...looked very much like the green elbaite shell from Brazil in figure 1. She proposed that due to subtle differences...observed on the interior of the green shell from Brazil (fig. 1). Subsequent to this, she writes, the brown...a quartz core with albite, Urubu mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This is the specimen that was sacrificed...specimen is 4 cm and is from the Urubu mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Figure 3b (right). End view of the
 
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