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Tourmaline from
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, 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:
Muscoviteⓘ12 photos of Tourmaline associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Fluorapatiteⓘ8 photos of Tourmaline associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Albiteⓘ2 photos of Tourmaline associated with Albite at this locality.
Hydroxylherderiteⓘ1 photo of Tourmaline associated with Hydroxylherderite at this locality.
Smoky Quartzⓘ1 photo of Tourmaline associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photo GalleryView Gallery (14 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:14031
Long-form Identifier:1:3:14031:7
GUID (UUID V4):45910fc2-f97f-4234-85ad-d986f6152aaa
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
20.5km (12.8 miles) ⓘNavegadora claim, Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘUrucum claim, Barra do CuietĂ©, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
21.6km (13.4 miles) ⓘSapucaia mine, Sapucaia do Norte, GalilĂ©ia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30.2km (18.8 miles) ⓘJove Lauriano claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
32.4km (20.1 miles) ⓘJaime Pacheco claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘConselheiro Pena pegmatite district, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
34.2km (21.2 miles) ⓘJonas Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
35.3km (21.9 miles) ⓘCórrego Frio mine, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘJoão Firmino claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
37.7km (23.4 miles) ⓘItatiaia mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COMPLEXITIES OF HYDROXYLAPATITE FROM THE SAPO MINE, BRAZIL H. Richards, S. Kelly, and J. Rakovan, Dept...OH 45056. The Sapo pegmatite mine, located in the eastern portion of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the municipality...municipality of Conselheiro Pena, has produced many significant specimens of apatitegroup minerals, including...and fluorapatite (gray core) on albite from the Sapo mine. Figure 2. Photomicrograph of a 1-cm zoned hydroxylapatite/...occupancy is in progress. These results show that the Sapo hydroxylapatites are complexly zoned in both structure
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...cm, from the Alto da Cabeca mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Will Johnson collection (I had
Journal (issue)
localities: The Sapo mine, Ferruginha district, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil . . . . . ...Menezes Famous mineral localities: The Lac d’Amiante mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, QuĂ©bec . . . . ...Localities: The Sapo Mine Ferruginha District, Conselheiro Pena Minas Gerais, Brazil Luiz Menezes Rua...Horizonte Minas Gerais, Brazil 30410-080 Email: lmenezesminerals@uol.com.br The Sapo mine exploits a...quartz crystals, several important pockets of tourmaline and, recently, two large cavities containing
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:
Book
BARTORELLI ::‱ . . .. MINERALS & PRECIOUS STONES OF BRAZIL Sponsored by: VALE MINISTER.IO DA CULTURA ©...multicolored tourmaline (84 x 26 mm), Lavra do Sapo, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais. Collection...Fineart Print Inside cover photographs: "Parafba" tourmaline (25 x 6 mm), Sao Jose da Batalha, Parafba. Courtesy...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
Journal (issue)
crystal, 75 mm long, from the Cruzeiro mine, Minas GĂ©rais, 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 (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:
Journal (issue)
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
Journal (issue)
row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalå mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacå 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 (issue)
Hawthorne & W. W. Pinch Fifty-nine treasure hunts in Minas Gerais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....on albite matrix, 6.6 cm, from Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Sandor Fuss/ Stuart Wilensky specimen;...Jeff Scovil photo. For more on the minerals of Minas Gerais see Guido Steger’s memoirs in this issue. The...Toronto Technical College. He learned that the Tsumeb mine in South-West Africa was producing some very beautiful...the miners was nothing new at Tsumeb; they would mine around crystal pockets until lunchtime, then go
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in tin-tungsten deposits (such as the Panasquiera mine) and is a constituent of granite, aplite, gneiss...muscovite with quartz, 6.8 cm wide, from the Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona...locality is the Palermo No. 1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton County. This mine is known for its cornucopia...a few. Also in Grafton County is the Keyes mica mine, near the town of Orange, the premier muscovite...Connecticut. Muscovite from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Brewster, Putnam County, New York, is associated
Journal (issue)
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
Report (issue)
Werner's apatite samples originated in the tin mine in the town ofEhrenfriedersdorfin the Erzgebirge...Mimetite; San Francisco Mine, Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico Pyromorphite; Les Farges Mine, Correze, France Fluorapatite...Fluorapatite, 3 cm tall; Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Fluorapatite in Calcite; Liscombe Property...parts per million to tensof weight percent. Like tourmaline and the amphiboles, apatite is often referred...quantity of hydroxylapatite at the Sapo Mine, Minas Gerais Brazil (Menezes 2009) (see page 54). The chemistry
Journal (issue)
of lea is the perfec t accompaniment to minerals. mine ral book and to writing. Yes. 1 a m an add ic t...astro phy lli tc, was descri bed in 1854. In the c mine ra ls. the silicate te tra hedra are arranged in...crossed over a rounded hill and suddenl y the tourmaline mine was visible ahead. about 30 yards fro m the...n its upper right bank. We scrambled over to the mine. littered below with the native laterite clay and...right side of the T he tourmaline that I held in my hand looked quite interesting. mine. Mr Chuong and I greeced
Journal (issue)
mineral collector—Part 3: Treasure-hunting in Minas Gerais since 2000. . . . . . . . . . . ....the Morro da Mina manganese mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Probably the world’s finest...2008 issue for his article on the Mockingbird gold mine). Like the rest of us on the staff, he will be striving...The same problem arose when we tried to remove tourmaline crystals, which were encountered frequently but...on. Only one large, 10-cm sheaf of dark green tourmaline could be removed intact, after the most careful
Book
until he managed to reach the land of his dreams, Brazil. A specialist in the field of geology and mineralogy...crystals and the remarkable mineral treasures of Brazil, as well as the incredible adventures and difficulties...UNIQUE MINERALS IN WORLD MUSEUMS  GEM TREASURES OF BRAZIL Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 1 Delev Ilia Deleff...UNIQUE MINERALS IN WORLD MUSEUMS  GEM TREASURES OF BRAZIL SOFIA–MOSCOW 2004 3 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black...NATIONAL MUSEUM IN SOFIA 66 OTHER COLLECTIONS OF MINE IN BULGARIA 71 COLLECTIONS IN OTHER CITIES AROUND
Catalog/List
museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on...Auction 2 53001 CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority...Caledonite and a dash of azure blue Linarite. The mine is now collapsed and only a memory for the lucky... 53002 CHALCOCITE Lucky Friday Pocket, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA This is one
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 (article/letter/editorial)
orogeny in the eastern São Francisco Craton, Minas Gerais, Brazil Lucilia Aparecida Ramos de Oliveira a,⇑...Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil Centro de Desenvolvimento...Tecnologia Nuclear, CDTN, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil c Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology (IGP)...iron formations (itabirite; Eschwege, 1822) in the Minas Supergroup and the younger Serra da Serpentina Group...130–153 important repositories of iron ores in Brazil. In the Quadrilátero Ferrífero district (Fig. 1)
Catalog/List
of Crystallized Gold from the famed Eagle’s Nest Mine in California A superb Crystallized “Leaf” Gold...gemstone Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized...Crystallized Silver with Copper from the famed Wolverine Mine in Michigan A “classic” Rhodochrosite with associated...associated Pyrite and Quartz from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado An unusually massive and extremely colorful...colorful, Smithsonite from the iconic Kelly Mine in New Mexico A ‘gem’ quality specimen Tanzanite crystal in
Journal (issue)
SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2019 Articles The Golconda District, Minas Gerais, Brazil ..........................................COVER: AUTUNITE on TOURMALINE, 11.9 cm, from the Golconda I mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Brice Gobin (Mineral...China, South Africa, Namibia, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Mexico. His first exchange of specimens with...as well, and they started picking over the local mine deposits together. They were married in 1970, and... Zincolivenite with Ferrilotharmeyerite | Tsumeb Mine, Namibia | 7.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm CRYSTAL CLASSICS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
compact-hematite rock, southern Serra do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and genesis of compact hematite A. R. CABRAL1...Xavier 524 s. A4016, 20550-050 Rio Janeiro-RJ, Brazil [Received 29 March 2013; Accepted 5 November 2013;...compact-hematite rock, spessartine, REE, Eu anomaly, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Introduction GARNET occurs in metamorphosed...hematite from the southern Serra do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais, Brazil. We provide microanalytical data, obtained...out in hematite of similar fabric from Serra do Sapo, some 40 km south of Serro (de Lima et al., 2009)
Report (issue)
crystal weighed 455 kilograms. 2m: The Queen Anne mine in Zimbabwe has produced crystals up to 2 meters...from some pegmatites. This specimen, from Minas Gerais, Brazil, is housed in the Deutsches Edelstein Museum...crystals are found in soils and stream gravels in Brazil. On the other hand, at high temperatures and pressures...members of the columbite-tantalite group, cookeite, tourmaline, lepidolite, topaz, and spessartine (Pezzotta...surprise. In 1997, Gary and Mary Freeman began to mine the Orchard pit, a then insignificant pegmatite
Journal (issue)
Schumacher Graphite (35 x 32 cm) of the Alibert Mine, Botogol Mt. in Siberia, rough materiaL two pencils...Haidinger in 1859 1842 in the Tsarevo-Alexandrovskaya mine near Tashkurganka River, Miass, Urals. The original...minerals by ROSE, perovskite from the A:hmatowsk mine, Slatoust, Ural Mountains (1839), and the silver... Fluorite, 17 cm - Dalnegorsk Brookite, 8 cm - Dodo Mine ■ Photos and specimens: Boris z. Kantor, except...druzas of giant gypsum in the Cave of Crystals, Naica Mine, Mexico, that reach 15 meters in height (Photo 6)
Report (volume)
Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil J. S. BETTENCOURT Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil C. P. DE CAMPOS Lud...FERREIRA Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil 2011 Published by The Geological Society London...(Iran), Asia (Japan and China) and South America (Brazil and Argentina) and spanning rocks from Palaeoproterozoic...–Cambrian granitic magmatism in the Araçuaı́ orogen (Brazil), the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province and...mineral resources 25 BALEN, D. & BROSKA, I. Tourmaline nodules: products of devolatilization within
 
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