 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AND CHEMICAL COMPLEXITIES OF HYDROXYLAPATITE FROM THE SAPO MINE, BRAZIL H. Richards, S. Kelly, and J...OH 45056. The Sapo pegmatite mine, located in the eastern portion of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the municipality...municipality of Conselheiro Pena, has produced many significant specimens of apatitegroup minerals, including...what are arguably the best of species for hydroxylapatite, from a pocket found in June 2005 (Menezes...of zoned hydroxylapatite (green) and fluorapatite (gray core) on albite from the Sapo mine. Figure |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities: The Sapo mine, Ferruginha district, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil . . . . . ...Menezes Famous mineral localities: The Lac d’Amiante mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Québec . . . . ...Localities: The Sapo Mine Ferruginha District, Conselheiro Pena Minas Gerais, Brazil Luiz Menezes Rua...Horizonte Minas Gerais, Brazil 30410-080 Email: lmenezesminerals@uol.com.br The Sapo mine exploits a...specimens recently found at Brazil’s Sapo mine, near Goiabera, in Minas Gerais. The specimens show green and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | gemmy, intense purple apatites from this pegmatite mine have made Pulsifer the premier locality for fluorapatite...Fluorapatite and muscovite, 15 cm tall, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil. Fine Minerals International specimen, James Elliott...(Megaw and Barton 2013); the pegmatites of Minas Gerais, Brazil (Menezes and Chaves 2013); the magmatic...However, specimens found here are dominantly hydroxylapatite with chemical variation among OH, Cl, and F...the opaque white crystals were found to be hydroxylapatite with a significant amount of F, while the core |  | | Report (issue) | | Werner's apatite samples originated in the tin mine in the town ofEhrenfriedersdorfin the Erzgebirge...Rammelsberg 1860): 4 APATITE fluorapatite, hydroxylapatite, and chlorapatite. Their ideal compositions...Mimetite; San Francisco Mine, Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico Pyromorphite; Les Farges Mine, Correze, France Fluorapatite...Fluorapatite, 3 cm tall; Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Fluorapatite in Calcite; Liscombe Property...or hydroxyls in end-member chlorapatite and hydroxylapatite can lead to monoclinic symmetry (Hughes and |  | | Book | | BARTORELLI ::• . . .. MINERALS & PRECIOUS STONES OF BRAZIL Sponsored by: VALE MINISTER.IO DA CULTURA ©...tourmaline (84 x 26 mm), Lavra do Sapo, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais. Collection of Alvaro Lucio...Brasileira do Livro, SP, Brazil) Cornejo, Carlos .Minerals & precious stones of Brazil. Carlos Cornejo, Andrea...3. Minerals - Brazil 4. Minerals- Classification 5. Mineralogy 6. Mineralogy - Brazil - History 7. Precious...Precious stones - Brazil I. Bartorelli, Andrea. II. Title. 09-10025 Cover photograph: Crystal of brazilianite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | isotope results of five fluorapatite and two hydroxylapatite samples, including Durango apatite. We show...hydrogen mass fraction and δD of fluorapatite and hydroxylapatite using a Cr-based reactor coupled to a Thermo...and two hydroxylapatites from Minas Gerais, Brazil (Linopolis and Sapo Mine). For this work, large single...crystals of apatite were used, except for Linopolis, Brazil, which consisted of mm-sized crystals picked from...apatite run sequence. Five kaolinites, three Sapo Mine hydroxylapatites, one Durango 60 fluorapatite, |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collector—Part II Fify-nine treasure hunts in Minas Gerais, 1969–2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 by...crystal cluster on matrix, 6 cm tall, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Sandor Fuss collection (2004)...Vug,” discovered on the 12th level of the Cresson mine, Cripple Creek district, Colorado in 1914 (see “The...Mineralogical Record, volume 37, May–June, 2006 Cresson mine manager Dick Roelofs showing the Cresson Vug to...school; he did his Master’s work at the Rueppele iron mine in Stanton, Missouri. He spent the years 1931–1932 |  | | Catalog/List | | MARCH/APRIL 2007 " 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Cellular ironstained matrix...grey. 55x40x20mm max. £8. 3) ANATASE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. A small piece of quartz...to 20mm. 50x30x30mm. £35. 8) BARITE. Silverband Mine, Dufton, Westmorland. A nice clean group of six...matrix. 160x80x25mm. £15. 10) BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A clean bright specimen showing...40x40x35mm. £1500. 11) CASSITERITE and TOPAZ. Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Germany. Four jet |  | | Catalog/List | | MARCH/APRIL 2007 " 1) AGARDITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall. Cellular ironstained matrix...grey. 55x40x20mm max. £8. 3) ANATASE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. A small piece of quartz...to 20mm. 50x30x30mm. £35. 8) BARITE. Silverband Mine, Dufton, Westmorland. A nice clean group of six...matrix. 160x80x25mm. £15. 10) BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. A clean bright specimen showing...40x40x35mm. £1500. 11) CASSITERITE and TOPAZ. Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Germany. Four jet |  | Hazrah, Kaveer, Antao, Sytle (2022) Apatite, Ca10(PO4)6(OH,F,Cl)2: Structural Variations, Natural Solid Solutions, Intergrowths, and Zoning. Minerals, 12 (5) 527 doi:10.3390/min12050527 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | apatite phases were reported for an Ap crystal from Brazil [3]. This study examines systematic relations across...Quary, CT, USA (NHMLAC4493) Golconda Mine, Coroaci, MG, Brazil Chongyi, Jiangxi Province, China Dara...(F-Ap) Dara Pech, Kunar, Afg: phase-4b (OH-Ap) Ashio Mine, Tochi, Japan (NMHLAC4478) Portugal-c Portugal-b...Portugal-a: phase-8b (F-Ap) Sapo Mine, MG, Brazil (Ap6) Golconda Mine, Coroaci, MG, Brazil (BR1) Ontario, Canada...Canada (UC6513) Ipirá Mine, Bahia, Brazil Morocco (Ap12) Ipirá Mine, Bahia, Brazil (Ap7) Madagascar (0013) |  | | Journal (issue) | | three minerals: fluorapatite, chlorapatite and hydroxylapatite. There are a couple of other apatite names...for decades—fluorapatite, chlroapatite and hydroxylapatite—are also deceiving, because they are no longer...is now apatite (Ca,Cl). The third member, hydroxylapatite, is now known as apatite (Ca,OH). Adding to...mines, Cerro Mercado. This odd apatite from Minas Gerais, Brazil, is made up of both chlorapatite and fluorapatite...stopped to take photos at the main entrance to the mine and we were able to collect as many yellow apatite |  | Ogorodova, L. P., Kiseleva, I. A., Mel’chakova, L. V., Vigasina, M. F., Krupskaya, V. V., Sud’in, V. V. (2015) Calorimetric determination of the enthalpy of formation of natural saponite. Geochemistry International, 53 (7) 617-623 doi:10.1134/s0016702915070071 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | considered as complex deposits, which are reasonable to mine for not only diamond but also for saponite clays...Table 1. Chemical composition (wt %) of the studied sapo nites* Oxides SiO2 TiO2 Al2O3 Fe2O3 FeO MnO MgO...Plagioclase Calcite Erionite Hydroxylapatite 5000 Erionite Hydroxylapatite Saponite 7500 (b) Saponite...(around 2%), as well as insignificant amounts of hydroxylapatite, calcite, and intermediate plagioclase (no...which is typical of natural associations, whereas sapo nite from Khibiny (sample II) in composition is |  | | Journal (issue) | | the Wudangshan terrain (Yu Gai Si Mine and La Ba Shan Mine). Mine). On the whole, the turquoise deposits...in the T Jequitinhonha river basin (Minas Gerais State, Brazil), in Mexico on the eastern side of the...Mém. DEA, Univ. Henri PoincarePoincaréPreto, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Economic Geology, Geology, 66, Nancy...the La Gaiba mine in eastern Santa Cruz department. The sodalite deposit of Cerro Sapo in Cochabamba...the core and crust are probably carbonate-hydroxylapatite. Stones faceted from this material are yellowish-white |  | | Book | | minerals were densely con- centrated. This type of mine was very at- tractive, since it avoided the need...materials Quartz crystals from Corinto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Height: 15 cm. Sorbonne collection using...crys- Washing diamond-bearing gravel in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo: tals of such minerals as quartz...phrase ‘‘gem quality’ to de- from Salinas, Minas Gerais, well as an ‘‘ornamental stone.’ Amethyst...and a jeweler might then speak of a ‘root’ as Brazil Length: 9 cm. K. Proctor collection, United States |  | | Journal (issue) | | on calcite, from the El Oriente tunnel, Chivor mine, Boyaca, Colombia. William Larson collection; Van...wilensky Rhodochrosite, 21/4 inches, N”Chwaning Mine, Cape Prov., South Africa. Ex-collections Steve...amous 19 9 discovery at the Berilo Branco mine Minas Gerais Bra il. Conklin collection Je Scovil photo...re . Covellite crystal cluster cm rom the Leonard mine Butte Montana. Conklin collection Je Scovil photo...had great connections for mineral specimens in Brazil. Taking Larry’s place as Romanella’s protégé was |  | | Book (edition) | | Salinas, Peru, H Variscite, xx 5 mm, Iturnbiara, Brazil, H Rhodocbrosite, polished, 50 mm, Capillitas,... China, H Page 1: MuscO\ite. 45 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia...Brazilianite, 35 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO...Harding Co .. South Dakota. and at the Fuemrole No2 mine, Emery co .. Utah. Also at Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald |  | Jiang, Shu-Dong, Yao, Qi-Zhi, Ma, Yi-Fei, Zhou, Gen-Tao, Fu, Sheng-Quan (2015) Phosphate-dependent morphological evolution of hydroxyapatite and implication for biomineralisation. Gondwana Research, 28 (2) 858-868 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2014.04.005 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | depicts the representative FESEM images of hydroxylapatite particles grown for 24 h at different concentrations...Unusual apatite composites from the Sapo pegmatite, Minas Gerais Brazil. Elements 4, 144. Raz, S., Weiner |  | | Book | | Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Trimble and Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous...ilmenite crystals as described here for the Dodo mine. In general, ilmenite crystals from the Subpolar |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Famous mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut......................................in the U.S.A. notesfrom th r EDITORS OLD YUMA MINE Another great mineral locality has now been closed...longfamous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, “Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine,” in vol....period of activity, access to the mine was cut off in 1984. In 1996 the mine area was absorbed into the Saguaro...and Mining Company for the sum of $558,000. The mine is now owned outright by the Federal Government |  | | Book (volume) | | Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:...Veatchite Sr2[B5O8(OH)]2B(OH)3·H2O Locality: Billie mine, Death Valley, California, USA. Description: White...CaMgB6O8(OH)6·3H2O Locality: District # 99, underground mine, Inder boron deposit, Atyrau region, Kazakhstan...Ca4Mn2+3O3(BO3)3(CO3) Locality: Tachgagalt manganese mine, near Ouarzazate, Morocco (type locality). Description: |  | | Book | | exposure to grunerite asbestos (amosite) in an iron ore mine 11:30am D. Kirk Nordstrom, U.S. Geological Survey...exposure to grunerite asbestos (amosite) in an iron ore mine R. P. Nolan, A. M. Langer, and Richard Wilson Potential...three dominant end-members, where X = OH in hydroxylapatite, F in fluorapatite, and Cl in chlorapatite...the hydroxylapatite structure down the c axis, as well as the two cation sites in hydroxylapatite. Structural...described the reaction of dissolved Pb2+ with hydroxylapatite by the sequential dissolution and precipitation |  | | Book (edition) | | Example of pseudomorphism: limonite after pyrite (Brazil) transformations are possible in the laboratory...that a collector in the field should visit are mine dumps and quarry rubble heaps, where there will... lb) was mined. How- been from the Guanajuato mine (Mexico), about 500 billion kilos (460,000,000 tons)...(USA), Brazil, Zaire, Sierra Leone and Ghana. Small, nongem-quality crystals are found in Brazil, Venezuela...of Thompson. Other deposits in Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, Norway, Sweden and USA (Ducktown, Tennessee). |  | | Book | | 1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position. |  | | Journal (issue) | | practical experience at the Gottesehre (“God’s Honor”) mine, a small fluorite mining operation in Urberg, near...E-Mail: stuwil@aol.com Rhodochrosite, Uchucchaqua mine, Lima Dept. Peru 2 inches. Wilensky photo. Clara...cylindrite, monazite, bismoclite, and other species. The mine is still in operation and specimens continue to...Llallagua was the most famous and productive tin mine in the world; it is now past its peak, but mining...specimen labels, refers to the city in which the mine is located. Llallagua (according to Gordon, 1944) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Madagascar • Phenomenal fire opal • “Sunset” quartz from Brazil • Swedish Blue (slag) and Swedish Iron Ore • Tourmaline...cultured pearls • Treated violetish blue quartz from Brazil • Circular inclusions in a diffusion-treated sapphire...must be obtained from the second author (ARZ). The mine is accessed by a rough dirt track that winds its...negotiated using a 4-wheel drive vehicle or on foot. The mine is located at an elevation of about 2000 m, at a...vesicular basalts below. The road leading to the mine can be seen as a light line on the darker unit. |
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Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil