Locality type:

Pegmatite

Classification

Species:

Microcline

Formula:

K(AlSi₃O₈)

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Microcline data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Boqueirão pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

916913

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:916913:5

GUID (UUID V4):

b37222f8-a395-4bd9-a019-4f764bd61406

Nearest other occurrences of Microcline

1.5km (0.9 miles)

ⓘ Capoeira 1 pegmatite (Boqueirãozinho pegmatite), Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

1.7km (1.1 miles)

ⓘ Capoeira 2 pegmatite (Mulungu pegmatite), Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

8.7km (5.4 miles)

ⓘ Quintos de Cima mine, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

16.9km (10.5 miles)

ⓘ Alto do Jacu, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

20.1km (12.5 miles)

ⓘ Serra Branca pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Paraíba, Brazil

21.7km (13.5 miles)

ⓘ Alto dos Quintos Mine (Quintos pegmatite; Quintos de Baixo), Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

24.9km (15.5 miles)

ⓘ Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

42.8km (26.6 miles)

ⓘ Brejui mine, Currais Novos, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

References

www.ufpe.br (n.d.) https://www.ufpe.br/estudosgeologicos/paginas/edicoes/2009192/2009192t69.pdf

Strmić Palinkaš, S.

Palinkaš, L.

Neubauer, F.

Scholz, R.

Borojević Šoštarić, S.

Amores, S., Brito Barreto, S. D., Espallargas, R., Fontan, F., & Melgarejo i Draper, J. C. (2014). Phosphate sequence study of Boqueirâo pegmatite (Rio Grande Do Norte State, Brazil). Estudos Geológicos vol. 24(2):3-14

Amores Casals, Sandra, Brito Barreto, Sandra de, Espallargas, Ruben, Fontan, François, Melgarejo Draper, Joan Carles (2014) Phosphate sequence study of Boqueirâo pegmatite (Rio Grande Do Norte State, Brazil) Estudos Geológicos, 24 (2)

Bermanec, V. (2019) Formation Conditions and 40Ar/39Ar Age of the Gem-Bearing Boqueirão Granitic Pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Minerals 2019, 9, 233.

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Microcline from Boqueirão pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Microcline from
Boqueirão pegmatite, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil