Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil (original) (raw)

Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Albite var. Cleavelandite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Amblygonite

Formula: LiAl(PO4)F

Arsenopyrite

Formula: FeAsS

Beryl

Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)

'Biotite'

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

Cassiterite

Formula: SnO2

References:

Atencio, D., Filho, R. R. C., Mills, S. J., Coutinho, J. M. V., Honorato, S. B., Ayala, A. P., Ellena, J., de Andrade, M. B. (2011) Rankamaite from the Urubu pegmatite, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Crystal chemistry and Rietveld refinement. American Mineralogist, 96 (10) 1455-1460 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3594

'Columbite-Tantalite'

Elbaite

Formula: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

References:

Atencio, D., Filho, R. R. C., Mills, S. J., Coutinho, J. M. V., Honorato, S. B., Ayala, A. P., Ellena, J., de Andrade, M. B. (2011) Rankamaite from the Urubu pegmatite, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Crystal chemistry and Rietveld refinement. American Mineralogist, 96 (10) 1455-1460 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3594

Eosphorite

Formula: Mn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O

Fluor-elbaite (TL)

Formula: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F

Type Locality:

References:

Bosi, F., Andreozzi, G. B., Skogby, H., Lussier, A. J., Abdu, Y., Hawthorne, F. C. (2013) Fluor-elbaite, Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F, a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup. American Mineralogist, 98 (2) 297-303 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4285

Greifensteinite

Formula: Ca2Fe2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O

'Indicolite'

Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

'K Feldspar'

Microcline

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

'Microlite Group'

Formula: A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n

Habit: dodecahedron octahedron + others

Colour: yellow

Description: material with L. Menezes on Munich show 2004

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: Ce(PO4)

Montebrasite

Formula: LiAl(PO4)(OH)

Moraesite

Formula: Be2(PO4)(OH) · 4H2O

Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities:

Urubu mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Matinha pegmatite, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Costelão pegmatite, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pirineus claim, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Petalite

Formula: LiAl(Si4O10)

Pollucite

Formula: (Cs,Na)2(Al2Si4O12) · 2H2O

'Polylithionite-Trilithionite Series'

Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Rankamaite

Formula: (Na,K)3(Ta,Nb,Al)11(O,OH)31

References:

Atencio, D., Filho, R. R. C., Mills, S. J., Coutinho, J. M. V., Honorato, S. B., Ayala, A. P., Ellena, J., de Andrade, M. B. (2011) Rankamaite from the Urubu pegmatite, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Crystal chemistry and Rietveld refinement. American Mineralogist, 96 (10) 1455-1460 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3594

Roscherite

Formula: Ca2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O

Simpsonite

Formula: Al4Ta3O13(OH)

References:

Atencio, D., Filho, R. R. C., Mills, S. J., Coutinho, J. M. V., Honorato, S. B., Ayala, A. P., Ellena, J., de Andrade, M. B. (2011) Rankamaite from the Urubu pegmatite, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Crystal chemistry and Rietveld refinement. American Mineralogist, 96 (10) 1455-1460 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3594

Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

Spodumene

Formula: LiAlSi2O6

Thoreaulite

Formula: Sn2+Ta2O6

References:

Atencio, D., Filho, R. R. C., Mills, S. J., Coutinho, J. M. V., Honorato, S. B., Ayala, A. P., Ellena, J., de Andrade, M. B. (2011) Rankamaite from the Urubu pegmatite, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Crystal chemistry and Rietveld refinement. American Mineralogist, 96 (10) 1455-1460 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3594

'Tourmalinated Quartz'

'Tourmaline'

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

'Tourmaline var. Rubellite'

Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

'Tourmaline var. Verdelite'

Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Wardite

Formula: NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4 · 2H2O

Whewellite

Formula: Ca(C2O4) · H2O

Description: Not naturally formed, but due to cleaning with oxalic acid.

Xenotime-(Y)

Formula: Y(PO4)

Zanazziite

Formula: Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O

'Zinnwaldite'