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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz26 photos of Tourmaline associated with Quartz at this locality.
Lepidolite18 photos of Tourmaline associated with Lepidolite at this locality.
Muscovite10 photos of Tourmaline associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Sceptre Quartz10 photos of Tourmaline associated with Sceptre Quartz at this locality.
Albite8 photos of Tourmaline associated with Albite at this locality.
Cleavelandite6 photos of Tourmaline associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Indicolite4 photos of Tourmaline associated with Indicolite at this locality.
Morganite3 photos of Tourmaline associated with Morganite at this locality.
Feldspar Group2 photos of Tourmaline associated with Feldspar Group at this locality.
Beryl1 photo of Tourmaline associated with Beryl at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pederneira mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photo GalleryView Gallery (71 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:38907
Long-form Identifier:1:3:38907:7
GUID (UUID V4):50b4c4ed-33bb-446c-a5ed-939977131888
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
5.0km (3.1 miles) Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.6km (3.5 miles) Aricanga mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
32.8km (20.4 miles) Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
50.8km (31.5 miles) Santana do Encoberto, São Sebastião do Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Brazil
69.4km (43.1 miles) Fanadinho (Fazenda Rubinho Pimenta claim), Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
88.8km (55.2 miles) João Firmino claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
89.2km (55.5 miles) Ribeirão da Folha, Minas Novas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
90.3km (56.1 miles) Córrego Frio mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
92.0km (57.1 miles) Jaime Pacheco claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
94.4km (58.6 miles) Jove Lauriano claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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... 5.5 cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson collection
Catalog/List
and Trademark Office. 36190 GERHARD WAGNER TOURMALINE & FINE MINERALS COLLECTION, AUCTION 1 The Session...of the ground. Of the country’s localities for Tourmaline, Momeik stands out for producing the instantly...to the outside world continues to grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State...group presents as a roughly pyramidal knob of Tourmaline composed of hundreds of radiating, subparallel...G., & Walker, J. (Eds.). (2015). The World of Tourmaline: The Gerhard Wagner Collection. Dallas, Texas:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
upcoming third book, titled Tourmaline and Other Figure 1. Silver, Kings Mine, Kongsberg, Norway; 2004;...150–180 pages and will feature minerals—especially tourmaline crystals—and many gems from some of the world’s...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (issue)
row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...& Diane Brownlee collection; Joe Budd photo. Tourmaline with cleavelandite, 4.3 cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rocks & Minerals, page 51. Wulfenite, Red Cloud Mine, Yuma County, Arizona, ca. mid-1980s; 180 diameter...Minerals, pages 124–125. Wulfenite, San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 2012; 100 × 130, watercolor. Specimen...Rocks & Minerals, pages 45–47. Wulfenite, Red Cloud Mine, Yuma County, Arizona, 2000; 90 × 120, watercolor...CraigK@HA.com Tourmaline Pederneira mine (Pederneira claim) São José da Safira, Minas Gerais Brazil 4.36 x 0
Catalog/List
1/18/21 11:02 AM Quartz and Hematite Jinlong Iron Mine, Longchuan, Guangdong, China 7.5 cm tall x 11 cm...AM Malachite on Quartz with Shattuckite Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia 7.6 cm tall...1/18/21 11:02 AM Scheelite on Muscovite Pingwu Beryl Mine, Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan,...example, mined 25 years ago from the Pingwu Beryl Mine, is one of the most remarkable of the species. Scheelite... 4461_txt.indd 14 1/18/21 11:02 AM Rubellite Tourmaline on Quartz Malkhan Pegmatite Field, Krasnyi Chikoy
Book (volume)
Natural History in Washington seek out their Tourmaline known as "The Candelabra". It is a “tour-de-force”...not only the aesthetics but also the values. A Tourmaline on clear Quartz is not double the value of one...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)
Journal (issue)
our website! March Meeting Program: Maine’s Tourmaline Pegmatites details on page 14 In this issue...Watermelon, and so is watermelon tourmaline. Watermelon tourmaline is a particular, informal form of...members, No in-person social events for now! Tourmaline is a large family of minerals; in fact, it is...people, especially mineral collectors, think of tourmaline, they see elbaite in their mind’s eye, usually...called tourmalin (tourmaline) in the Elbaite candelabra from the Tourmaline Queen Mine in California. Source:
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...occurrence—Pakistan’s best (or at least most prolific) for tourmaline. Elbaite, center crystal 2.4 cm, from San Piero...Demineralia specimens and photo. Speaking of elbaite tourmaline…you know of course that the type and namesake
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mass of cherrycolored tanzurine in place at the mine; the surface in the photograph is about 15 feet...but the locality information is limited to Minas Gerais, Brazil. The fuchsite in that photo is in elongated...com TOURMALINE W/ QUARTZ, CLEAVELANDITE, & LEPIDOLITE Burkhard's Pocket, Pederneira Mine, São José da...da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil 37 cm Photo by Tom Spann
Journal (issue)
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
Journal (issue)
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...from granitic pegmatites and detrital deposits. Tourmaline-bearing pegmatites, which commonly are lensshaped... as are the crystals that they contain. The tourmaline-bearing pegmatites mainly consist of K-feldspar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gem-quality elbaite from the Pederneira mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil, were investigated by...refinements, are discussed. Keywords Elbaite  Tourmaline  Pederneira deposit  Single-crystal X-ray and neutron...spectroscopy  Hydrogen bonding Introduction The tourmaline supergroup minerals are complex borocyclosilicates...recent review of the crystal chemistry of the tourmaline supergroup minerals is provided by Hawthorne...elbaite from the Pederneira Phys Chem Minerals (2012) 39:577–588 mine (Minas Gerais, Brasil) by means
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
beryl, tourmaline, topaz, spodumene, and spessartine. Historic localities are found in Brazil, Madagascar...colored gemstones, including varieties of beryl, tourmaline (see Pezzotta and Laurs 2011), topaz, spodumene...(Simmons 2007). Historically, pegmatite deposits in Brazil, Madagascar, Russia, and the United States have...Aquamarine (green-blue to blue beryl variety) and tourmaline commonly occur in massive quartz or feldspar...Acadêmico Hélio Ramos, 54740-530, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil E-mail: beurlen@ufpe.br E LEMENTS , V OL . 8,
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afalster@mainemineralmuseum.org Muzo-habit Quartz Zigras Mine, Garland County, Arkansas Q uartz, the best known...have selected Muzo-habit quartz from the Zigras mine at Blue Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, for this...mined in 2015 from the bonanza zone at the Zigras mine, Blue Springs, Garland County, Arkansas. James Zigras...quartz (3.3 cm tall) from Joaquim Felício, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The kite-shaped terminal face is r, and...trigonal symmetry from Joaquim Felício, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The r faces are kite-shaped, and the small
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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...of preparing some exceptional historical Elba tourmaline crystals that had been reattacbed to their matrix...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.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tourmaline: The Kaleidoscopic Gemstone 7.7 carat fancy bluegreen Namibian tourmaline (set in 18 k gold)...top-quality “neon” blue-to-green, copper-bearing tourmaline, the Paraíba-type, is one of the highest-priced...species. KEYWORDS : tourmaline, gemstone, Paraíba-type, chromophores, gem deposits TOURMALINE AS A GEMSTONE...GEMSTONE Perhaps more than any other gemstone, tourmaline is renowned for its spectrum of colors, even within...within individual crystals (FIG. 1). In addition, tourmaline has the appropriate combination of beauty, durability
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
principal sources of gem materials of beryl, tourmaline, topaz, spessartine, spodumene, quartz, and others...feldspars with accessory ur amounts of micas, tourmaline, spodumene, garnet, beryl, and others. In clay-packed...overgrowths on the common species and varieties of tourmaline, beryl, spodumene, topaz, and quartz. Lepidolite...Pre-proof The principal gem varieties of beryl, tourmaline, spodumene, topaz, and garnet offer little insight... heulandite). Stilbite-Ca from the Little Three mine, California, (Table 9 of London et al., 2012) is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
South Africa brucec@uj.ac.za Hydrocerussite Tsumeb Mine, Namibia W hite minerals are generally considered...hydrocerussite become more desirable. The Tsumeb mine, in particular, is world famous for its magnificent...only 18 of hydrocerussite. This is because Tsumeb mine, Namibia, hydrocerussite occurs as an alteration...hydrocerussite chosen here (figs. 1 and 2), from the Tsumeb mine, was formed by the alteration of cerussite. However...stacked hydrocerussite after cerussite, 7.4 cm, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. The basal portions are partly coated by
Journal (issue)
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...TRINCHILLO | w w w. FineMineral.com Tourmaline Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil. 19.5 cm Fine Minerals International...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
Catalog/List
and crystal forms, particularly of Fluorite, Tourmaline and Calcite. His fascination with Fluorite was...fine, large, colorful Tourmaline specimens. He coveted the “Sharon Stone” Tourmaline group for years – ever...Maria do Jetiba, Espirito Santo, Southeast Region, Brazil Smokey scepter Quartz with extreme development...TERMINATED QUARTZ ON QUARTZ Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Double-terminated, water clear...‘LEMURIAN’ QUARTZ PHANTOM Jequitaí, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Water clear Quartz prism with an
Book
MINERALS & PRECIOUS STONES OF BRAZIL Sponsored by: VALE MINISTER.IO DA CULTURA © 2009 - CARLOS CORNEJO...multicolored tourmaline (84 x 26 mm), Lavra do Sapo, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais. Collection...Inside cover photographs: "Parafba" tourmaline (25 x 6 mm), Sao Jose da Batalha, Parafba. Courtesy of Bruno...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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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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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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