São João del Rei pegmatite province, Minas Gerais, Brazil (original) (raw)

Actinolite

Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2

Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Albite var. Andesine

Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]

Albite var. Oligoclase

Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]

Anorthite

Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)

Anorthite var. Labradorite

Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]

Anthophyllite

Formula: ◻{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2

'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

Beryl

Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)

'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Bityite

Formula: CaLiAl2(AlBeSi2O10)(OH)2

Cassiterite

Formula: SnO2

'Chlorite Group'

Clinoenstatite

Formula: MgSiO3

Clinoferrosilite

Formula: Fe2+2Si2O6

'Columbite-Tantalite'

Cryptomelane

Formula: K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16

Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi2O6

'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'

Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Ferro-holmquistite

Formula: ◻{Li2}{Fe2+3Al2}(Si8O22)(OH)2

Fluorcalciomicrolite (TL)

Formula: (Ca,Na)2(Ta,Nb)2O6F

Type Locality:

References:

Andrade, M. B., Atencio, D., Persiano, A. I. C., Ellena, J. (2013) Fluorcalciomicrolite, (Ca,Na,☐)2Ta2O6F, a new microlite-group mineral from Volta Grande pegmatite, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (7) 2989-2996 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.7.08

Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

Forsterite

Formula: Mg2SiO4

Gahnite

Formula: ZnAl2O4

References:

Andrade, M. B., Atencio, D., Chukanov, N. V., Ellena, J. (2013) Hydrokenomicrolite, (☐,H2O)2Ta2(O,OH)6(H2O), a new microlite-group mineral from Volta Grande pegmatite, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil. American Mineralogist, 98 (2) 292-296 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4186

'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

Graphite

Formula: C

Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

References:

Menezes da Silva, Victor H.R., Ávila, Ciro A., Neumann, Reiner, Faulstich, Fabiano R.L., Alves, Felipe E.A., de Almeida, Filipe B., Cidade, Tais Proença, Sousa, Sarah Siqueira da Cruz Guimarães (2020) Oxycalciomicrolite, (Ca,Na)2(Ta,Nb,Ti)2O6(O,F), a new member of the microlite group (pyrochlore supergroup) from the Paleoproterozoic São João del Rei Pegmatite Province, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Mineralogical Magazine, 84 (6) 854-858 doi:10.1180/mgm.2020.74

Holmquistite

Formula: ◻{Li2}{Mg3Al2}(Si8O22)(OH)2

'Hornblende Root Name Group'

Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2

Hydrokenomicrolite (TL)

Formula: (◻,H2O)2Ta2(O,OH)6(H2O)

Hydroxycalciomicrolite (TL)

Formula: Ca1.5Ta2O6(OH)

Type Locality:

Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

Lithiophorite

Formula: (Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2

Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Microcline

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

'Microlite Group'

Formula: A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n

'Microlite Group var. Bariomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)' (FRL)

Type Locality:

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: Ce(PO4)

Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Oxycalciomicrolite (TL)

Formula: Ca2Ta2O6O

Type Locality:

References:

Menezes da Silva, Victor H.R., Ávila, Ciro A., Neumann, Reiner, Faulstich, Fabiano R.L., Alves, Felipe E.A., de Almeida, Filipe B., Cidade, Tais Proença, Sousa, Sarah Siqueira da Cruz Guimarães (2020) Oxycalciomicrolite, (Ca,Na)2(Ta,Nb,Ti)2O6(O,F), a new member of the microlite group (pyrochlore supergroup) from the Paleoproterozoic São João del Rei Pegmatite Province, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Mineralogical Magazine, 84 (6) 854-858 doi:10.1180/mgm.2020.74

Menezes da Silva, V.H.R., Neumann, R., Ávila, C.A., Faulstich, F.R.L., Alves, F.E.A., de Almeida, F.B. (2020): Oxycalciomicrolite, IMA 2019-110

Phlogopite

Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

'Plagioclase'

Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8

Polylithionite

Formula: KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2

'Polylithionite-Trilithionite Series'

Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities:

Chi-Chico claim, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Volta Grande mine (Mibra mine), Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Fumal pegmatite, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Perdões, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cachoeira Mine, São Tiago, Minas Gerais, Brazil

'Serpentine Subgroup'

Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4

Spinel

Formula: MgAl2O4

Spinel var. Pleonaste

Formula: (Mg,Fe)Al2O4

Spodumene

Formula: LiAlSi2O6

Talc

Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

'Tantalite'

Formula: (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6

Tantalite-(Mn)

Formula: Mn2+Ta2O6

References:

Andrade, M. B., Atencio, D., Chukanov, N. V., Ellena, J. (2013) Hydrokenomicrolite, (☐,H2O)2Ta2(O,OH)6(H2O), a new microlite-group mineral from Volta Grande pegmatite, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil. American Mineralogist, 98 (2) 292-296 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4186

Titanite

Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O

'Tourmaline'

Formula: A D3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Tschermakite

Formula: ◻(Ca2)(Mg3Al2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2

'Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)'

Formula: (Ca,U,Na)2-x(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7

Xenotime-(Y)

Formula: Y(PO4)

References:

Menezes da Silva, Victor H.R., Ávila, Ciro A., Neumann, Reiner, Faulstich, Fabiano R.L., Alves, Felipe E.A., de Almeida, Filipe B., Cidade, Tais Proença, Sousa, Sarah Siqueira da Cruz Guimarães (2020) Oxycalciomicrolite, (Ca,Na)2(Ta,Nb,Ti)2O6(O,F), a new member of the microlite group (pyrochlore supergroup) from the Paleoproterozoic São João del Rei Pegmatite Province, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Mineralogical Magazine, 84 (6) 854-858 doi:10.1180/mgm.2020.74

'Zinnwaldite'

Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Zircon var. Cyrtolite

Formula: Zr[(SiO4),(OH)4]