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Pyrrhotite from
Jacupiranga mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazil


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Richterite4
Perovskite4
Augite4
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jacupiranga mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazil
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:69769
Long-form Identifier:1:3:69769:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Orris, Greta J., Grauch, Richard I. (2002) Rare Earth Element Mines, Deposits, and Occurrences. Open-File Report 2002-189. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr02189
Alves, P.R., (2006) The Carbonatite-Hosted Cajati (Jacupiranga) Apatite Mine, Southeastern Brazil: A Cathodoluminescence Microscopy Approach To Mineralogical Characterization in Geological Association of Canada, Program with Abstracts Volume 31
Menezes Filho, L. A. D., Atencio, D., Andrade, M. B., Downs, R. T., Chaves, M. L. S. C., Romano, A. W., Scholz, R., Persiano, A. I. C. (2015) Pauloabibite, trigonal NaNbO3, isostructural with ilmenite, from the Jacupiranga carbonatite, Cajati, Sao Paulo, Brazil. American Mineralogist, 100 (2) 442-446 doi:10.2138/am-2015-4745
 
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