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Elbaite from
Aricanga mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Elbaite
Formula:Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz4 photos of Elbaite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Albite4 photos of Elbaite associated with Albite at this locality.
Mica Group4 photos of Elbaite associated with Mica Group at this locality.
Lepidolite1 photo of Elbaite associated with Lepidolite at this locality.
K Feldspar1 photo of Elbaite associated with K Feldspar at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Elbaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aricanga mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photo GalleryView Gallery (11 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:48761
Long-form Identifier:1:3:48761:6
GUID (UUID V4):7e639b1f-dfeb-42f7-bbf8-b6e6635d24cb
Nearest other occurrences of Elbaite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.6km (3.5 miles) Pederneira mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
32.9km (20.5 miles) Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
48.4km (30.1 miles) Alto da Golconda mine, Golconda mining district, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
48.5km (30.2 miles) Escondido claim, Golconda mining district, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
51.3km (31.9 miles) Zequinha Menezes claim, Golconda mining district, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
51.4km (32.0 miles) Faria claim, Golconda mining district, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
54.7km (34.0 miles) Santana do Encoberto, São Sebastião do Maranhão, 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...at www. MineralogicalRecord.com v Front cover: Elbaite crystal with color zoning, 5.1 cm, from Rubaya...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
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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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The Pederneira Mine São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil Dedication This article is the culmination...Pederneira mine and with the people who live and breathe the project every day. The Pederneira mine partners...collaboration and belief in our project, the Pederneira mine would have been closed long, long ago. Thank you...me (and the world) your culture and this amazing mine with all its incredible treasures. Thanks also to...Pederneira mine. James Elliott photo; Fine Minerals International specimen. The Pederneira Mine ▲ ▲ São
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SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2019 Articles The Golconda District, Minas Gerais, Brazil ..........................................TOURMALINE, 11.9 cm, from the Golconda I mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Brice Gobin (Mineral Art) and Emanuele...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
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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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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...tourmalines, mainly green, blue, pink and red elbaite, including their gemmological properties and significant...tourmaline is the 'Eastern pegmatitic province' of Minas Gerais. One general and three detailed maps of specific
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manager Famous mineral localities: the Broken Hill mine, Zam bia..............................................351 Famous mineral localities: the Cruzeiro mine, past and present ................................Warren A new find of crystallized rose quartz in Minas G e ra is ........................................16-bus 1 B-2120 Schoten COVER: ELBAITE on quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil. The crystal is 8.5 mm in width...Kitwe, Zambia HISTORY The Broken Hill lead-zinc mine is located near the town of Kabwe, 140 km north
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and Anthony R. Kampf Gem Pegmatites of Minas Gerais, Brazil: Exploration, Occurrence, and Aquamarine...the northeastern section of the state of Minas Gemis, Brazil. The history of gem exploration and m i n...from the Pioneer mine in the Te6filo Otoni-Marambaia pegmatite district of Minas Gerais. As is common with...gem pegmatite regions of the 20th century: Minas Gerais, Brazil. With these articles, we hope to take you...what pegmatite gems have meant historically in Brazil and the production of one very important pegmatite
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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...over a rounded hill and suddenl y the tourmaline mine was visible ahead. about 30 yards fro m the stream...n its upper right bank. We scrambled over to the mine. littered below with the native laterite clay and...that I held in my hand looked quite interesting. mine. Mr Chuong and I greeced chem and I immediately
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for scale next to a giant beryl crystal at Senhora da Assun9iio in Portugal uncommonly seen in beryl and...crystal weighed 455 kilograms. 2m: The Queen Anne mine in Zimbabwe has produced crystals up to 2 meters...long by 1.5 meters wide have been found at Senhora da Assun�io, Portugal. Pegmatites at Mahajamba, Madagascar...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
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marketed, and merchandized. In diamonds especially, the mine-to-market process has been severely tested. Vertical...Namibia, as well as Madagascar), South America (Brazil and Colombia), central and southern Asia (Sri Lanka...Pakistan; and pink to red tourmalines from Nigeria and Brazil. Diamond was mined in northern Canada for the first...reference to the country rather than to the specific mine or region. For more on the specific localities,...mining also continued at traditional sources in Brazil and Africa. Large quantities of Brazilian emeralds
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moving products from mine to consumer. The main cover image was taken at the AnahÌ mine in Bolivia, a major...Collection no. 32510; and (8) a 13.94 cuprian elbaite tourmaline from Mozambique, courtesy of Pala International...of the company (Even-Zohar, 2007). Because of the mine closures, De Beers’s market share by volume fell...pink diamonds (0.51 and 0.55 ct) from the Argyle mine in Australia were part of the 2007 Argyle pink diamonds...had acquired a 32.8% interest in Angola’s Catoca mine in the early 1990s. Commissioned in 1997, Catoca
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Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Trimble and Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous...ilmenite crystals as described here for the Dodo mine. In general, ilmenite crystals from the Subpolar
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Salinas, Peru, H Variscite, xx 5 mm, Iturnbiara, Brazil, H Rhodocbrosite, polished, 50 mm, Capillitas,... China, H Page 1: MuscO\ite. 45 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia...Brazilianite, 35 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald
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3 FEATURE ARTICLES Gem Pegmatites of Minas Gerais, Brazil: The Tourmalines of the Araquai Districts...tourlnaline thon anywhere else in the world-Minos Gerais, Brazil; the other with (I new locality for red tourmaline-Zcrmbia...bicolored tounnaline (12.90 ct), all from the Himalaya mine (California). Thestones were faceted by PalaInteri~ntional...thousand miles south, to the "Gem Pegmatites of Minas Gerais." THe first in a series (which Cdntinues in...his extensive travels in the mining regions of Brazil. Mr. Proctor received an M.S. in molecular biology
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dumps, about 30 meters from the Sankt Goransgruvan mine. The zone contained many cerium minerals, as well...I (Gustav Vasa). The last active iron and copper mine, Biickegruvan, was closed by its owner, Fagerstabruk...district one of the oldest in Sweden. Though the mine was mainly worked for iron ore, copper ore production...important for the gun-making foundries. The Falu mine in the northern Bergslagen area was Europe's most...copper was accounted for by the Falu 188 copper mine. During this time, production at the Riddarhyttan
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Connecticut. Luiz A. D. Menezes: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. William C. Metropolis: Mineralogical Museum...Potosi SLP Mato Grosso Sul MS Sinaloa SIN Minas Gerais MG ee abasco Tamaulipas Tlaxcala Veracruz...Wokitecas eel TMPS Tia VER YUC ZAC States, Brazil Acre Alagoas Amapa Amazonas Bahia Ceara Para...Canada, Short Course, Vol. 1 Marine Geology Memorias da Academia das Ciencias de Lisboa, Classe de Ciencias...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver
 
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