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| [var. Amazonite] Mason, Anita (1976) The World of Rocks and Minerals. Larousse & Co., Inc., New York. |
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| Cui, Shiyuan, Xu, Bo, Shen, Jiaqi, Miao, Zhuang, Wang, Zixuan (2023) Gemology, Spectroscopy, and Mineralogy Study of Aquamarines of Three Different Origins. Crystals, 13 (10) doi:10.3390/cryst13101478 |
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| Morteani, G., Preinfalk, C., Horn, A. H. (2000) Classification and mineralization potential of the pegmatites of the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (7) 638-655 doi:10.1007/s001260050268 |
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| Guimar˜aes, C.P. (1941) Djalmaite, a new radio-active mineral. American Mineralogist: 26: 343–346. |
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| CPRM Brazilian Geological Survey. |
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| Bermanec, V., Scholz, R., Marković, F., Gobac, Ž. Ž., & Chaves, M. L. D. S. C. (2011) Mineralogy of the Boa Vista pegmatite, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In 5th international symposium on granitic pegmatites, PEG 2011. |
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| Baijot, Maxime, Hatert, Frédéric, Dal Bo, Fabrice, Philippo, Simon (2014) Mineralogy and petrography of phosphate mineral association from the Jocão pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Canadian Mineralogist, 52 (2) 373-397 doi:10.3749/canmin.52.2.373 |
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| Scholz, R., Chukanov, N. V., Filho, L. A. D. M., Atencio, D., Lagoeiro, L., Belotti, F. M., Chaves, M. L. S. C., Romano, A. W., Brandão, P. R., Belakovskiy, D. I., Pekov, I. (2014) Césarferreiraite, Fe2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·8H2O, from Eduardo mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Second arsenate in the laueite mineral group. American Mineralogist, 99 (4) 607-611 doi:10.2138/am.2014.4695
luigi chiappino specimen |
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| Atencio, Daniel, Carvalho, Flávio M.S., Matioli, Paulo A. (2004) Coutinhoite, a new thorium uranyl silicate hydrate, from Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. American Mineralogist, 89 (5) 721-724 doi:10.2138/am-2004-5-606 |
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| dan weinrich |
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| Russ Behnke |
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| Mineralogical Record (2009) 40:273-292 |
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| Lallemant, A. (1978) What's new in Minerals ?: New Tourmaline discovery in Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 9(5), 298-299 |
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| Wilson, W E (2012) Famous Mimeral localities: The Jonas Mine, Itatiaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record 43:289-317.
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation. |
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| Fernandes, A. G., Karfunkel, J., Hoover, D. B., Sgarbi, P. B. de A., Sgarbi, G. N. C., Oliveira, G. D., Gomes, J. C. de S. P., and Kambrock, K, 2014, The basal conglomerate of the Capacete Formation (Mata da Corda Group) and its relation to diamond distributions in Coromandel, Minas Gerais state, Brazil: Brazilian Jour. of Geology, v. 44, no. 1, p. 91-103. |
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| Bastos, F.M. (2002) Famous Mineral Localities: The Barra de Salinas Pegmatites, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mineralogical Record, 33, 209-216. |
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| Andrade, M. B., Atencio, D., Filho, L. A. D. M., Ellena, J. (2011) TThe structure of a microlite-group mineral with a formula near NaCaTa2O6F from the Morro Rendondo Mine, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais. The Canadian Mineralogist, 49 (2) 615-621 doi:10.3749/canmin.49.2.615 |
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| Cassedanne, Jacques P., Alves, Jeanete (1990) Apatite and Muscovite from the Zé Pinto Prospect, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mineralogical Record, 21 (5) 405-408 |
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| Cassedanne, Jacques P. (1983) Famous Mineral Localities: the Córrego Frio Mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mineralogical Record, 14 (4) Tucson. 227-237 |
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| Menezes, Luiz Alberto Dias (n.d.) Personal communication. |
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| Menezes Filho, Luiz A. D., Chaves, Mário L. S. C., Cooper, Mark A., Ball, Neil A., Abdu, Yassir A., Sharpe, Ryan, Day, Maxwell C., Hawthorne, Frank C. (2019) Brandãoite, [BeAl2(PO4)2(OH)2(H2O)4](H2O), a new Be–Al phosphate mineral from the João Firmino mine, Pomarolli farm region, Divino das Laranjeiras County, Minas Gerais State, Brazil: description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 83 (2) 261-267 doi:10.1180/mgm.2018.121
Rica, B. (2019). Pegmatite and Sample Description. Geochemical Journal, 53(2), 151-170. |
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| King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation. |
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| Cassedanne, J.P. (1983) Famous mineral localities: The Córrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mineralogical Record, 14(4), 227-237 (235). |
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| [var. Amazonite] |
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| Cassedanne, Jacques P., Alves, Jeanete (1990) Crystallized Rose Quartz from Alto da Pitora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mineralogical Record, 21 (5) 409-412 |
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| Mario Pauwels collection (specimen with rose quartz on microcline) |
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| Russ Rizzo Collection |
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| Baijot, M., Hatert, F., Philippo, S. (2012) Mineralogy and geochemistry of phosphates and silicates in the Sapucaia pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Genetic implications. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (6) 1531-1554 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.6.1531 |
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| King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation. |
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| Menezes, Luiz Alberto Dias (n.d.) Personal communication. |
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| King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation. |
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| Luis Menezes |
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| Rob Lavinsky specimen |
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| Jordt-Evangelista, H., Lana, C., Delgado, C. E. R., & Viana, D. J. (2016). Age of the emerald mineralization from the Itabira-Nova Era District, Minas Gerais, Brazil, based on LA-ICP-MS geochronology of cogenetic titanite. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 46(3), 427-437. |
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| King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation. |
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| 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 |
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| Sergio Varvello collection |
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| Rob Lavinsky photo |
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| Quéméneur, J., Lagache, M. (1999) Comparative study of two pegmatitic fields from Minas Gerais, Brazil, using rubidium and cesium content of the micas and feldspars. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 29 (1) 27-32
Luis Menezes |
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| King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation. |
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| King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation. |
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| Morteani, G., Preinfalk, C., Horn, A. H. (2000) Classification and mineralization potential of the pegmatites of the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (7) 638-655 doi:10.1007/s001260050268
sergio varvello |
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| Romeiro, J. C. P., & Pedrosa-Soares, A. C. (2005). Controle do minério de espodumênio em pegmatitos da Mina da Cachoeira, Araçuaí, MG. Geonomos. |
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| Chukanov, Nikita V., Atencio, Daniel, Zadov, Alexander E., Filho, Luis A.D. Menezes, Coutinho, Jose M.V. (2007) Guimarãesite, a New Zn-dominant Monoclinic Roscherite-group Mineral from Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. New Data on Minerals, 42. 11-15 |
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| Quéméneur, J., Lagache, M. (1999) Comparative study of two pegmatitic fields from Minas Gerais, Brazil, using rubidium and cesium content of the micas and feldspars. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 29 (1) 27-32 |
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| King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation. |
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| various added photos |
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| Menezes, Luiz Alberto Dias (n.d.) Personal communication. |
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| Rob Lavinsky specimen |
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| [Mineralogical Record - Vol 25 No.3] |
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| [var. Amazonite] Sauer, J.R. (1982) Brazil, Paradise of Gemstones. Gemological Institute of America, 135 pp. (pp. 124-125). |
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| Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes Filho, Mario Luiz de Sá Carneiro Chaves, Coralie Heinis Dias, Daniel Atencio (2016): Recent mineral discoveries in the Coronel Murta, Taquaral, and Medina pegmatite fields, northeastern Minas Gerais, Brazil. REM - Int. Eng. J. 69, 301-307. [http://www.scielo.br/pdf/remi/v69n3/2448-167X-remi-69-03-0301.pdf]. |
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| King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation. |
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| Atencio, D., Coutinho, J. M.V., Mascarenhas, Y. P., Ellena, J. A. (2006) Matioliite, the Mg-analog of burangaite, from Gentil mine, Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and other occurrences. American Mineralogist, 91 (11) 1932-1936 doi:10.2138/am.2006.2233 |
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| Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1964, LXXXVII, p. 285. |
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| 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 |
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| Quéméneur, J., Lagache, M. (1999) Comparative study of two pegmatitic fields from Minas Gerais, Brazil, using rubidium and cesium content of the micas and feldspars. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 29 (1) 27-32
Lagache, M., Quemeneur, J. (1997) The Volta Grande Pegmatites, Minas Gerais, Brazil; an example of rare-element granitic pegmatites exceptionally enriched in lithium and rubidium. The Canadian Mineralogist, 35 (1) 153-165 |
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| Carlos Barbosa specimen |
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| Luis Menezes |
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| Ulbrich, M. N. (1993). Mineralogy of nepheline syenites from the Poços de Baldas Alkaline massif, se Brazil: chemistry, x-ray data and microtextures of feldspars. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 23(4), 388-399. |
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| Baretto & Fujimori (1986) |
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| Vlach, S. R. F., Ulbrich, H. H. G. J., Ulbrich, M. N. C., & Vasconcelos, P. M. (2018). Melanite-bearing nepheline syenite fragments and 40 Ar/39 Ar age of phlogopite megacrysts in conduit breccia from the Poços de Caldas Alkaline Massif (MG/SP), and implications. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 48, 391-402. |
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| Horváth, Menezes, Toft ollections - confirmed by XRD & microprobe |
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| Christian Bracke |
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| [var. Amazonite] Betts, John (n.d.) John Betts website listing. |
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| Dunn, Pete J., Gaines, Richard V., Wolfe, C. Wroe, Barbosa, Carlos do Prado (1978) Epitaxial Wodginite and Cassiterite from Lavra Jabuti, Baixio, Galilea, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mineralogical Record, 9 (1) Tucson. 14-18 |
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| Fine Minerals International |
- São Sebastião do Maranhão
| AmMin 65:183-187 (1980) |
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| dan weinrich |
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| Dutra, C. V., & Formoso, M. L. L. (2011). Considerações sobre os elementos terras raras em apatitas. Geochimica Brasiliensis, 9(2).
various added photos |
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| Exceptional Minerals specimen |
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| Rocks & Min.: 63: 45, 389. |
Pitorra claim, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil