Provenite

Governador Valadares

AreaUnknownDraft data

18.8508° S, 41.9489° W · ± 10 km

Beryl from Minas Gerais, Brazil, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

Beryl

Beryl at Governador Valadares

Clear beryl crystal on a muscovite-covered matrix from Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Clear beryl crystal on a muscovite-covered matrix from Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Small tabular, bladed heliodor crystal with a sloped termination from Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais.
Small tabular, bladed heliodor crystal with a sloped termination from Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
Morphology
Single clear prismatic crystal on matrix
Typical size
Pictured example about 6 cm
Color / luster
Clear, transparent and glassy
Associated minerals
Muscovite

Sources: SRC-278

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Pegmatite province of the Doce valley (per specimen label).
Region
Minas Gerais
Country
Brazil

Area level created to hold the Golconda pegmatite. Coordinates: City centre of Governador Valadares (Wikipedia); the pegmatite mines of the district are scattered around the city and not individually located here. Coordinates: City centre of Governador Valadares (Wikipedia); the pegmatite mines of the district are scattered around the city and not individually located here. Coordinates: City centre of Governador Valadares (Wikipedia); the pegmatite mines of the district are scattered around the city and not individually located here.

Sources: SRC-263 SRC-303

Sources

  1. SRC-263 · Website
    File:Elbaite-157329.jpgRobert M. Lavinsky (photo); Wikimedia Commons · 2010 · Wikimedia Commons (via download.osmand.net mirror)
  2. SRC-303 · Website
    Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais - Wikipedia
  3. SRC-278 · Website
    File:Beryl-65471.jpg - Wikimedia Commons (read via mirror)Wikimedia Commons (file page; photo by Robert M. Lavinsky) · 2010 · Wikimedia Commons

Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.