Minerals of the crichtonite group in quartz veins from the Espinhaço Mountain Range (States of Minas Gerais and Bahia, Brazil)
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9095.v17-392Keywords:
Crichtonite group, Quartz veins, Espinhaço Mountain Range.Abstract
Four minerals of the crichtonite group found in hydrothermal quartz veins that cross several units of the Espinhaço Supergroup in the Espinhaço Mountain Range are described in this paper. These minerals, senaite, crichtonite, almeidaite and gramaccioliite-(Y), were collected in two regions: Presidente Kubitschek, south from Diamantina (State of Minas Gerais), and Novo Horizonte, in the Western Diamantina Tableland (State of Bahia). The age of these veins are related with the end of Brasiliano Cycle, at ca. 490 Ma. Senaite is a mineral discovered in Brazil and is usually recognized in diamond‑bearing alluvial deposits of the Diamantina region. Its occurrence as a primary mineral in situ is for the first time described here. Although crichtonite has been known for quite a long time, its first occurrence in Brazil has been reported in the same region in Minas Gerais. Almeidaite is the 61th “newest Brazilian mineral” and has been found in the region of Novo Horizonte. Gramaccioliite-(Y), a species discovered in the last decade in Italy, has also been described for the first time in Novo Horizonte, Bahia. The deposits and the chemical compositions of these rare minerals are characterized in this paper, as well as the problems involved until their final recognition.
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