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Nepheline from
Bortolan quarry, PoƧos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Nepheline
Formula:Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Aegirine2
Bortolanite1
Kentbrooksite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bortolan quarry, PoƧos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:965211
Long-form Identifier:1:3:965211:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline
1.2km (0.8 miles) ā“˜PC17 outcrop, PoƧos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.4km (3.3 miles) ā“˜Amoras Stream basin, PoƧos de Caldas alkaline complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.1km (5.0 miles) ā“˜Pedra BalĆ£o outcrops, PoƧos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.6km (6.6 miles) ā“˜Prefeitura quarry, PoƧos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12.0km (7.5 miles) ā“˜Morro do Serrote, PoƧos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
18.6km (11.5 miles) ā“˜Morro do Ferro, PoƧos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23.4km (14.5 miles) ā“˜Osamu Utsumi mine, Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
28.1km (17.5 miles) ā“˜Soberbo prospect, Caldeira Project, PoƧos de Caldas alkaline complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil
29.8km (18.5 miles) ā“˜CapĆ£o do Mel prospect, Caldeira Project, PoƧos de Caldas alkaline complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil
95.2km (59.2 miles) ā“˜Bom Repouso Agpaitic Suite, Bom Repouso, Minas Gerais, Brazil
References
Atencio, D., Coutinho, J. M. C., Ulbrich, M. N. C., Vlach, S. R. F., Rastvetaeva, R. K., Pushcharovsky, D. Yu. (1999) Hainite from PoƧos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Canadian Mineralogist, 37 (1) 91-98
 
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