Murundu mine, Jenipapo pegmatite field, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazili
Regional Level Types | |
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Murundu mine | Mine |
Jenipapo pegmatite field | Pegmatite Field |
Itinga | Municipality |
Minas Gerais | State |
Brazil | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
16° South , 41° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~2km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
245471
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:245471:2
GUID (UUID V4):
c60a94b4-0dd6-40ae-8211-3f57192ab7b7
Name(s) in local language(s):
Lavra do Murundu, Distrito do Jenipapo, Itinga. Minas Gerais
Murundu mine is a sub-horizontal zoned pegmatite, about 15 m thick; it was mined until 2006, having produced outstanding clear quartz crystals (colorless, smoky or citrines), normally showing "cathedral" shape, measuring up to 30 cm, associated with round-shaped clusters of yellow to yellowish-green muscovite crystals; both the quartz and the muscovite were often partially coated by brown to pinkish-brown zanazziite crystals measuring up to 3 mm.
The mine is actually closed and flooded; in 2010 one specimen was recovered from the dumps of the mine containing tabular brown twinned lithiotantite crystals measuring up to 3 mm, associated with massive reddish-brown wodginite, over a milky quartz matrix. It allowed the description of the crystal structure of lithiotantite (Menezes Filho et al., 2012).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) |
ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
ⓘ Elbaite Formula: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
ⓘ Fluorapatite Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F |
ⓘ 'K Feldspar' |
ⓘ Kosnarite Formula: KZr2(PO4)3 References: Fernando BrederodesIdentified by Vandall Thomas King: Dealer/Collection Label |
ⓘ 'Lepidolite' |
ⓘ Lithiotantite Formula: LiTa3O8 References: |
ⓘ Microcline Formula: K(AlSi3O8) |
ⓘ Montebrasite Formula: LiAl(PO4)(OH) |
ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Schorl Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) Description: Schorl is not mentioned anywhere in this reference - Lithiotantite, Ideally LiTa3O8 - Luiz A.D.Menezes Filho, Hexiong Yang, Robert T. Downs, Mário L.S.C. Chaves, Aba C. Persiano - Acta Cryst. (2012) E68, i27 - i28 |
ⓘ Wodginite Formula: Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8 |
ⓘ Zanazziite Formula: Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
ⓘ | Lithiotantite | 4.DB.40 | LiTa3O8 |
ⓘ | Wodginite | 4.DB.40 | Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8 |
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
ⓘ | Kosnarite | 8.AC.60 | KZr2(PO4)3 |
ⓘ | Montebrasite | 8.BB.05 | LiAl(PO4)(OH) |
ⓘ | Fluorapatite | 8.BN.05 | Ca5(PO4)3F |
ⓘ | Zanazziite | 8.DA.10 | Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Elbaite | 9.CK.05 | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
ⓘ | Schorl | 9.CK.05 | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
ⓘ | Microcline | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
ⓘ | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Lepidolite' | - | |
ⓘ | 'K Feldspar' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
H | ⓘ Montebrasite | LiAl(PO4)(OH) |
H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
H | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
H | ⓘ Zanazziite | Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O |
Li | Lithium | |
Li | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Li | ⓘ Lithiotantite | LiTa3O8 |
Li | ⓘ Montebrasite | LiAl(PO4)(OH) |
Be | Beryllium | |
Be | ⓘ Zanazziite | Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O |
B | Boron | |
B | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
B | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
O | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
O | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
O | ⓘ Kosnarite | KZr2(PO4)3 |
O | ⓘ Lithiotantite | LiTa3O8 |
O | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
O | ⓘ Montebrasite | LiAl(PO4)(OH) |
O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
O | ⓘ Wodginite | Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8 |
O | ⓘ Zanazziite | Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O |
F | Fluorine | |
F | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
Na | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Na | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Zanazziite | Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
Al | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Al | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
Al | ⓘ Montebrasite | LiAl(PO4)(OH) |
Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Al | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
Si | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Si | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
P | Phosphorus | |
P | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
P | ⓘ Kosnarite | KZr2(PO4)3 |
P | ⓘ Montebrasite | LiAl(PO4)(OH) |
P | ⓘ Zanazziite | Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
K | Potassium | |
K | ⓘ Kosnarite | KZr2(PO4)3 |
K | ⓘ Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
Ca | ⓘ Zanazziite | Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O |
Mn | Manganese | |
Mn | ⓘ Wodginite | Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Zr | Zirconium | |
Zr | ⓘ Kosnarite | KZr2(PO4)3 |
Sn | Tin | |
Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
Sn | ⓘ Wodginite | Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8 |
Ta | Tantalum | |
Ta | ⓘ Lithiotantite | LiTa3O8 |
Ta | ⓘ Wodginite | Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8 |
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