Chi-Chico claim, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil (original) (raw)

Chi-Chico claim, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazili

Regional Level Types
Chi-Chico claim Claim
Nazareno Municipality
Minas Gerais State
Brazil Country

Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):

21° South , 44° West (est.)

Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:432:8

8ae18933-5803-4b9c-84cc-f29f540075d3

Placer near pegmatite field.

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Chemical Elements

Mineral List

4 valid minerals. 1 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc.

Detailed Mineral List:

CassiteriteFormula: SnO2
Hydrokenomicrolite ?Formula: (◻,H2O)2Ta2(O,OH)6(H2O)Description: The type sample apparently has □ dominant at the A position and H2O at the Y position, and as such is probably hydrokenomicrolite (Atencio et al. 2010)References: Atencio, D., Andrade, M. B., Christy, A. G., Giere, R., Kartashov, P. M. (2010) The pyrochlore supergroup of minerals: nomenclature. The Canadian Mineralogist, 48 (3) 673-698 doi:10.3749/canmin.48.3.673
MicroclineFormula: K(AlSi3O8)
'Microlite Group'Formula: A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n
'Microlite Group var. Bariomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)' (FRL)Type Locality:
QuartzFormula: SiO2
'Tantalite'Formula: (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6

List of minerals for each chemical element

H Hydrogen
H Hydrokenomicrolite (◻,H2O)2Ta2(O,OH)6(H2O)
O Oxygen
O Cassiterite SnO2
O Microcline K(AlSi3O8)
O Quartz SiO2
O Tantalite (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
O Hydrokenomicrolite (◻,H2O)2Ta2(O,OH)6(H2O)
Al Aluminium
Al Microcline K(AlSi3O8)
Si Silicon
Si Microcline K(AlSi3O8)
Si Quartz SiO2
K Potassium
K Microcline K(AlSi3O8)
Mn Manganese
Mn Tantalite (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Fe Iron
Fe Tantalite (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Nb Niobium
Nb Tantalite (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Sn Tin
Sn Cassiterite SnO2
Ta Tantalum
Ta Microlite Group A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n
Ta Tantalite (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
Ta Hydrokenomicrolite (◻,H2O)2Ta2(O,OH)6(H2O)

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