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Quartz from
Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kaolinite8 photos of Quartz associated with Kaolinite at this locality.
Clay minerals8 photos of Quartz associated with Clay minerals at this locality.
Chlorite Groupⓘ8 photos of Quartz associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Rhodoniteⓘ3 photos of Quartz associated with Rhodonite at this locality.
Rhodochrositeⓘ3 photos of Quartz associated with Rhodochrosite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:254127
Long-form Identifier:1:3:254127:3
GUID (UUID V4):6f23f5c1-0d78-41f8-bb1d-0a895788d30b
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘMorro do Gabriel, Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘDom Bosco, Cachoeira do Campo, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘCapão do Lana mine, Rodrigo Silva, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘMorro do Caxambu, Dom Bosco, Cachoeira do Campo, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
28.7km (17.8 miles) ⓘTrino mine, Dom Bosco, Cachoeira do Campo, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘTripuí, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘTrĂȘs Cruzes farm, TripuĂ­, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
46.9km (29.1 miles) ⓘCata Branca mine, Itabirito, Minas Gerais, Brazil
47.5km (29.5 miles) ⓘPico mine, Itabirito, Minas Gerais, Brazil
49.0km (30.4 miles) ⓘPassagem mine, Passagem de Mariana district, Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in metamorphosed manganiferous rocks at Morro da Mina, Brazil: palaeoenvironmental signiïŹcance Alexandre...Raphael CABRAL1,2,*, Armin ZEH3, Nı́vea Cristina da Silva VIANA4, Marco Paulo DE CASTRO5, František...Manoel Teixeira da Costa (CPMTC), Instituto de GeociĂȘncias, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Av...Carlos 6.627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil *Corresponding author, e-mail: arcab@ufmg...Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear (CDTN), Av. AntĂŽnio Carlos 6.627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alexandre Raphael Cabral, Armin Zeh, NĂ­vea Cristina da Silva Viana, Thomas Schirmer, Bernd Lehmann PII:...Alexandre Raphael Cabral, Armin Zeh, NĂ­vea Cristina da Silva Viana, Thomas Schirmer, Bernd Lehmann , Graphite–(Mo...Cristina da Silva Viana4, Thomas Schirmer5, Centro de Pesquisas Professor Manoel Teixeira da Costa (CPMTC)...Lehmann6 SC GeociĂȘncias, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Av. AntĂŽnio Carlos 6.627, In collaboration...Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear (CDTN), Av. MA 2 NU 31270-901 Belo Horizonte – MG, Brazil Institut
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ce-Mc-FE-RrcH RHoDoNrrE )6,cm tte MoRRo DA MrNe MrNn, LarerETE/ MrNes GnnRrs, CoNSELHETRo Bnezrr Peter...gemffiy,brilliant red rhodonite mine near ConselheiroI-afaiete,Brazil hauebeen found in a manganese reachingthe...magnesium and iron. DTTRODUCTION The city of Conselheiro Lafaiete (20"40'S, 43'48'W) is located $out 100 km...south of Belo Horizonte in the interior of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It lies in the southem section of the Quadril6tero...Paleoproterozoic sediments. The area around Conrclheiro Lafaiete is part of the highly folded Barbacena Greenstone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Amphibolites of the Lafaiete,MinasGerais,andthe SerraDo Navio ManganeseDeposits,Brazil I‱]'ORMANHERZ AND...Abstract The basementin both the Lafaiete District, Minas Gerais, in the Brazilian Shield and the Serra...ortho- in Lafaiete and para- in Amap/t and form wall rocksfor the carbonate protore. In Lafaiete, the protoresequenceis...hemisphereand the fourth largest in the world are found in Brazil report. with total reserves in terms of Mn- ...manganese depositis in the lative productionin Brazil are in the Serra do Navio, FederalTerritory of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
.......................................... Morro da Mina .................................................. 12 13 15 15 15 19 20 20 21 ABSTRACT. Brazil has beena small but consistentsourceof manganeseore...BIacional da Produ‱o Mineral. 1 2 PARK, DORR, GUILD, AND BARBOSA. (a) The Queluz or Morro da Mina type... The Urucum depositsand two depositsof the Morro da Mina type have large reservesof export-gradeore....cometo dependupon Brazil {or a smallbut steadyoutputof this material. ‱Unt{1recentlythe Brazil{an iron and
Catalog/List
mining district has always been the most revered mine for silver in the world. Officially opened in 1623...and the main mine were named for him, “The Kings Mine” (Kongens Grube, His Majesty’s Mine.) The strength...1944–45, Kongsberg Silver Mines. Silver, Kongsberg Mine, Buskerud, Norway 15.3 cm tall x 12.8 cm wide RHODONITE...exceptional rhodonites in the world are now found in Brazil. They possess the rich ruby red color in large...discovery. Rhodonite, Morro da Mina Mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.8 cm tall x 7.3 cm
Journal (issue)
. . . . . . . . .89 by W. E. Wilson The Palomo mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru . . . . . . . . ...rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil . . . . . . . . . ...BaCa2(CO3)2F2, a new mineral species from the Kirovskii mine, Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia . . . . . . . ...crystal cluster, 3.5 cm, from the Mashamba West mine, atanga, Republic of the Congo. Rob Lavinsky (The...Trophy in 2005 for a morganite-and-quartz specimen from the Cryo-Genie mine in San Diego County, California
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Borborema Province, northeastern Brazil Felipe Holanda dos Santos a, b, *, Wagner da Silva Amaral b, Kurt Konhauser...Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, PA, Brazil Departamento de Geologia e Recursos Naturais, Instituto...Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil c Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University...Geologia, Escola de Minas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil e Centre for Geobiology...spessartine. Garnetite contains spessartine and minor quartz and rhodonite. The main host rocks include garnet
Catalog/List
4461_txt.indd 5 5 1/18/21 11:02 AM Quartz and Hematite Jinlong Iron Mine, Longchuan, Guangdong, China 7.5... 1/18/21 11:02 AM Malachite on Quartz with Shattuckite Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia... 1/18/21 11:02 AM Aquamarine with Schorl and Quartz Shengus, Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan...surrounded by lustrous black tourmalines and clear quartz crystals. It is rare to have these three species...1/18/21 11:02 AM Scheelite on Muscovite Pingwu Beryl Mine, Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan,
Book
MINERALS & PRECIOUS STONES OF BRAZIL Sponsored by: VALE MINISTER.IO DA CULTURA © 2009 - CARLOS CORNEJO...26 mm), Lavra do Sapo, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais. Collection of Alvaro Lucio. Photograph...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
Book
MINES AND MINERALS IN BRAZIL --= ··--· ··-­ ·-·=- MINES AND MINERALS IN BRAZIL J OSIAS LEAO (ECONOMIC...regarding water power and industry of electr·icity in Brazil were specially prepared at the Division of Waters........ 189 SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL RESERVES OF BRAZIL..... . ... ....... . .. 199 STATISTICAL TABLES...practically untouched, the mineral reserves of Brazil have already been a source of wealth to many and...without the discovery of the precious metals in Brazil the existence of the modern economic man would
Book
1982 Jules Roger Sauer ” Foreword For years Brazil has been the major producer of colored stones in...metamorphic rocks, the variety of gem deposits in Brazil is almost infinite. In addition to the mineral...assemblage one might expect from pegmatite dikes, Brazil also produces a very significant output of diamonds...written in English, and beautifully illustrated. “Brazil, Paradise of Gemstones’, by Jules Roger Sauer,...the Cruzeiro tourmaline and mica mine and the Jacobina amethyst mine. He owns several other mines as well
Report (issue)
and Ore Deposits of the Alegria District, Minas Gerais, Brazil GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-J...cooperation with the Departamento National da Producao Mineral of Brazil under the auspices of the Agency for...District, Minas Gerais, Brazil By CHARLES H. MAXWELL GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PARTS OF MINAS GERAIS...GERAIS, BRAZIL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 341-J Prepared in cooperation with the Departamento...Departamento National da Producao Mineral of Brazil under the auspices of the Agency for International Development
Report (volume)
the Serra do Navio district, Territory of Amapd, Brazil, by John Van N. Dorr 2d, Charles F. Park, Jr.,...__________________ (C) Mica deposits in Minas Gerais, Brazil, by W. T. Pecora, M. R. Klepper, and D....11. Plan and sections of the lower adits, Quindio mine, municipio of Cajamarca, Tolima, Colombia._____________________In...Map showing principal mica, optical calcite, and quartz crystal mines and prospects, Colombia____________________-_In...pocket 13. Map and sections of the Alumbral quartz crystal mine, municipio of Muzo, Boyacd, "Colombia. ______
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
constituted of spessartite, calcium-rich rhodonite, quartz, manganoan diopside, blanfordite (manganese bearing...Maharashtra, Central India, and the Gowari W a d h o n a mine-area occupies a small p a r t of the western flank...dolomitic marble of Bichua formation. At Gowari Wadhona mine-area, however, the Chorbaoli and Junewani formations...manganophyllite, alurgite, piedmontite with abundant quartz, minor apatite and plagioclase felspar. Pronounced...Pronounced uniform banding of spessartite, rhodonite, quartz and manganese oxides is common in macro- and microscale
Book (volume)
Acanthite San Juan de Reyes Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 52 Adamite Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico,...47 (Cuproadamite with Ferrolotharmeyerite) Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 22 Apophyllite (on Stilbite) Jalgaon...Malachite) Liu Feng Shan Mine, Anhui Prov., China, 18 (& Malachite) Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 32, 38-39...(on Quartz) Yaoganxian Mine, Chen Zhou, Hunan Prov., China, 56 Calcite (on Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood...India, 40 (on Copper) Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, 49 Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Autonomous Pref,, Yunnan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
association with galena, chalcopyrite, spessartine, and quartz. The mineral is brittle. Its Mohs hardness is 6...Geologia, Escola de Minas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Campus Morro do Cruzeiro, Ouro PrĂȘto...PrĂȘto, MG 35400‑000, Brazil 3.71 (2) and 3.701 g cm−3, respectively. Ferrorhodonite is optically biaxial...calcite, hedenbergite, bustamite, fluorite, and quartz (Birch 1999). Based on the data by Frost et al...minerals are galena, chalcopyrite, spessartine, and quartz. The new mineral is brown-red to pinkish brown
Book (volume)
Veracruz, Mexico, 49 La Sopressa Mine, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico, 57 (on Quartz with Prehnite) Goboboseb Mts...Auburn, Maine, 40 (with Ferberite, Quartz & Siderite) Tasna Mine, Atocha-Quechisla Dist., Potosi Dept...(& Malachite) Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, 39 Barite Sidi Lahcen Mine, Djebel Ouichane, Nador...23 (with Malachite on Chrysocolla) Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi Dist., Democratic Rep. of the Congo, 39...Heliodor) Calcite (Manganocalcite on Calcite & Quartz) Fongjiashan, Daye, Hubei Prov., China, 19 (Manganocalcite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silicates (today known as rhodonite and pyroxmangite), quartz, tephroite and manganese oxides. Later the name...metamorphosed sedimentary evaporite sequence at the Balmat Mine No. 4, New York, USA. The mineral is associated...Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brasil. The Mineralogical...rhodonite and tephroite from Treburland manganese mine, Alternum, Cornwall and rhodonite from other localities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JULY-A UG UST O195 THE GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL MINAS GERAES, BRAZIL E. C. HARDER Washington, D.C. AND R. T...ores' of Minas Geraes may be classified as follows. SH. K. Scott, "The Iron Ores of Brazil," Jour. Iron...LXI, (1902), 248; O. A. Derby, "The Iron Ores of Brazil," Iron Ore Resources of the World, p. 313, Stockholm... Leith and E. C. Harder, "The Hematite Ores of Brazil and a Comparison with the Hematite Ores of Lake...Ores of Brazil," Econ. Geol., IX, (1914) ioi-iI; E. C. Harder, "The Iron Industry in Brazil," Bull. Am
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
surfaceand can be tracedonly by the presence of mine pits and dumpsand surfacefloat of glasssy 4IO...breaksalongstraight partings,in placesfilled with quartz.. The massivespessartite containsnodular massesof...scantygrains of fiuorapatite. The spessartite in the quartz veins is in euhedral crystalsrarely exceeding$...massivespessartite and of the spessartitein the quartz veins is greater. The hangingwall of mica schistis...southeastat a lessangle than the foliation. The quartz and tourmalineare coatedand infiltrated with manganeseoxide
Journal (issue)
mineral collector—Part 3: Treasure-hunting in Minas Gerais since 2000. . . . . . . . . . . ....inches), from the Morro da Mina manganese mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Probably the...2008 issue for his article on the Mockingbird gold mine). Like the rest of us on the staff, he will be striving...cognac-brown, water-clear topaz crystals with milky quartz crystals and large, white feldspar crystals. INTRODUCTION...crystal after crystal. Beautiful groups of milky quartz crystals to 15 cm and large, white feldspar crystals
Book
Green’s Farm, otherwise known as the Roxbury Garnet Mine, which is on the border between Roxbury and Southbury...and is typical of what could still be found in the mine. To me, its label “makes” this specimen. I am very...will stand the test of time. ON THE COVER: gold on quartz, 4.5 inches tall, Placer County, California Dedication...that the two amethyst crystals and the small clear quartz crystal of an earlier generation had been one specimen...amethysts are associated with a pure white milky quartz that almost looks like porcelain. When the amethyst
 
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