Minerals from Brazil M&W Minerals

Minerals from Brazil

minerals in alphabetical order by first letter only

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A

5957 Aquamarine Lavra Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Mined 2004 4.5 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm 34 g $500	5190 Axinite (likely Axinite-(Fe)) Baixa da Brauna farm, Guajeru, Bahia, Brazil Ex. Steve Pullman 6.5 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm $35	4898 Amblygonite Faceted Gemstone Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil LiAl(PO₄)F 8 x 5 x 2 mm approximately 4 ct $75
3400 Amethyst / Smoky Quartz Scepter / Elestial Crystal Santa Maria do Jerica, Espirito Santo, Brazil 4.2 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm $30	1651 Anatase with Included Rutite on and Included in Quartz Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 10.2 x 9.3 x 5.5 cm $75	1629 Double Terminated Aquamarine Medina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.7 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm $150
815 Anatase on Quartz with Unidentified Inclusions Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 7.9 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm $50	101 Aquamarine Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5 x 3 x 1.5 cm The main crystal is 5 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm $200

B

1482 Bicolor Beryl (Aquamarine and Morganite)

Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.4 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm
$90

173 Bi-Color Beryl (Aquamarine with a pale Morganite section)

Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6 x 4 x 3 cm
$125

25 Brazilianite on Albite

Jenipapo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.5 x 4 x 0.7 cm
$100

C

5989 Plumboan Crichtonite on Quartz

Fazenda Guariba, Presidente Kubitschek, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈
4.5 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
$75

5531 Stalactic Chalcedony

Carlos Chagas, Vale do Mucuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.6 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
The stalactite is apaproximately 5 mm in diamter in the middle.
$45

5506 Columbite/Tantalite

Itatia Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.3 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm
$300

5447 Twiined Calcite on Celadonite

Irai, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
3.5 x 2.3 x 3 cm
SOLD

5183 Clinoptilolite, Quartz Pseudomorph after Anhydrite, Scepter Quartz, Calcite, Celandonite

Planalto, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ex. Steve Pullman purchased from Luiz Menezes in 1990 at Tucson
6.1 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
$75

3783 Columbite-Fe

Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 6 x 2.3 cm
$250

1580 Chromian Uvite on Magnesite

Brumado. Bahia, Brazil
5.3 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
$75

146 Chrysoberyl Twinned variety: Cat's Eye

Rio das Pratinhas, Arataca, Bahia, Brazil
3.7 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
$75

D

6018 Twinned Dolomite, Magnesite, Hematite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 9.6 x 7.4 x 8.8 cm $150	3779 Dufrenite, Ushkovite, Muscovite Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O and MgFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O 7.2 x 3.4 x 1.1 cm $40	1418 Double Terminated Dravite with Magnesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 1.5 x 1 x 1.2 cm $100
919 Dravite Tourmaline Brumado. Bahia, Brazil 2.2 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm $100

E

5459 Bertrandite Pseduomorph, Euclase

Antonio Leal Farm, Equador, Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
11.6 x 7.5 x 4.1 cm
$150

5187 Enstatite variety: Hypersthene (Ferrian)

Mangabal I intrusion, Sanclerlandia, Goias, Brazil
4 x 3.6 x 0.8 cm
SOLD

5010 Epidote Crystals Included in Quartz

Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine, Capelinha, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.4 x 5.1 x 3.6 cm
$175

4308 Distored and Etched Quartz, Epidote, Albite

Capelinha, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.4 x 6.3 x 5.8 cm
SOLD

3567 Epidote, Quartz

Ribeirao das Folhas, Itamarandiba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Rocksmiths
4.7 x 2.8 x 3.6 cm
$25

1193 Epidote included in Quartz

Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine, Capelinha, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.8 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm
$75

F

6031 Bicolor Fluorapatite, Albite

Golconda district, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
$125

5428 Purple Fluorapatite with Brown Core

Parelhas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2.4 x 2 x 1.5 cm
$150

4930 Fluorapatite, Albite variety Cleavelandite

Golconda pegmatite, Golconda district, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.7 x 6 x 3.4 cm
$85

G

4837 Garnet, Biotite with possible Cordierite and Cummingtonite

Minas Gerais, Brazil
12 x 8 x 7.8 cm
$50

H

6019 Goyazite and minor Eosphorite on Iridescent Hydroxylherderite Telirio claim, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil 4.7 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm $100	5988 Helvine (Helvite) on Albite Navegadora Claim, Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil Mined 2004. 7.6 x 4.3 x 4.4 cm $150	4311 Hainite on Nepheline-Syenite Bortolan Quarry, Pocos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil Na₂Ca₄(Y,REE)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂OF₃ 3.1 x 2.1 x 1 cm SOLD
1432 Hematite Crystal with Epitaxial Rutile Bahia, Brazil Ex. Ricardo Telles 4.5 x 3.5 x 0.7 cm $45	1060 Rutile on Hematite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 3.5 x 4.3 x 1.1 cm $100

K

5461 Gemmy Bicolor Kyanite

Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
14 x 4.6 x 1 cm
$75

4912 Kyanite, Quartz, Muscovite

Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
18.7 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
$75

2895 Kunzite variety of Spodumene

Urucum mine, Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.5 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm
$40

L

5839 Triangular Bicolor Lepidolite in Quartz and Albite Matrix

Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.8 x 7.3 x 9.7 cm
$25

5221 " Lodolite " Quartz - Unidentified Inclusions

Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.8 x 6 x 4.7 cm
$50

3440 Bicolor Lepidolite

Aracuai, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.2 x 6.6 x 0.7 cm
$75

M

5984 Yellow Muscovite, Quartz Minas Gerais, Brazil Mined 2005. 10.5 x 6.7 x 3.5 cm $90	5444 Moraesite, Leucophosphite, Eosphorite on Zanazziite, Beryllonite, Montebrasite Fazenda Pomarolli, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Luis Menezes 4.2 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm SOLD	5009 Star Muscovite, Quartz Rodinha Mine, Jenipapo Dist., Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil 6 x 5.6 x 5.7 cm $75
4904 Marialite Crystal Aracruz, Espirito Santo, Brazil 4 x 1.3 x 1.5 cm $100	4779 Star Muscovite Rodinha Mine, Jenipapo Dist., Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.4 x 4.9 x 3.6 cm $35	4158 Hollow Marialite Crystal Santa Maria do Jerica, Espirito Santo, Brazil 6 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm $35
2375 Marialite Santa Maria do Jetiba, Espirito Santo, Brazil 5.6 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm $35	1799 Magnesite, Dolomite with Hematite, Dravite Brumado. Bahia, Brazil 8 x 4.6 x 3.4 cm $70	1616 Marialite Santa Maria do Jetiba, Espirito Santo, Brazil 46 x 3 x 2.5 mm $27
1144 Penetration Twinned Dolomite, Quartz and Hematite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 2.5 x 1.7 x 2.3 cm $45	642 Picture Mica Espera Feliz, Minas Gerais, Brazil 14.5 x 7.8 x 0.1 cm $20	112 Morganite Urucum Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil 7.5 x 6 x 2.7 cm $175

P

4606 Petalite

Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Steve Pullman, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Donated in 1975 by M. S. Gensberg
7.2 x 5.2 x 3 cm
$35

Q

5847 Lodolite (Included) Quartz - Partially Oxidized Chlorite Minas Gerais, Brazil 6.7 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm $30	5292 Included Quartz Minas Gerais, Brazil 14.7 x 6.1 x 2.9 cm Main crystal merasures, at the its base, 14.7 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm. $100	5254 Quartz Specimen with Unusual Parallel Conjoined Thin Crystals with Unidentified Inclusions Minas Gerais, Brazil 7.2 x 4 x 3 cm $100
5123 Double Terminated Tabular Quartz Minas Gerais, Brazil 7.5 x 4.3 x 0.9 cm $50	4921 Quartz variety: Lodolite (Undefined Inclusions) Minas Gerais, Brazil 15.2 x 6 x 5.1 cm $125	4503 Quartz with Included Hematite, Muscovite Fundao, Espirito Santo, Brazil 4.8 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm $45
4256 Phantom Quartz Presidente Kubitschek, near Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil 7.6 x 2.4 x 2 cm $30	4082 Quartz with Included Tourmaline and other species Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm $70	4061 Quartz with Included Chlorite and 'Sand' Minas Gerais, Brazil 9.5 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm $75
3543 Quartz with Chlorite Phantoms Minas Gerais, Brazil 9 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm $30	1307 Smoky Quatrz Scepter on Amethyst Itaguacu, Espirito Santo, Brazil 5.4 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm $75

R

5491 Rutile Epitaxial Growth on Hematite Flowers on Matrix Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 8.7 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm SOLD	5195 Double Terminated Rutilated Smoky Quartz Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 8.8 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm $200	4888 Rutialted Quartz with Hematite and Kaolinite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 5 x 3 x 2.4 cm $100
4877 Rutile Epitaxial Growth on Hematite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 6.5 x 5.1 x 0.5 cm $75	4389 Rose Quartz Crystals on Smoky Quartz Pitorra Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil 6.6 x 7.2 x 5.9 cm $850	4320 Double Terminated Rutilated Smoky Quartz with Hematite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 8.3 x 4.6 x 4.5 cm $200
4276 Sagenite Rutile (Reticulated Twins) on Double Terminated Quartz Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm $75	4150 Rose Quartz Crystals on Smoky Quartz with Albite Minas Gerais, Brazil 7 x 5.9 x 6 cm $250	4142 Rose Quartz Crystals Pitorra Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.9 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm $125
4138 Rutilated Smoky Quartz Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 7.7 x 6 x 5.7 cm $275	4131 Rutilated Quartz, Rutile Epitaxial Growth on Hematite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 7.7 x 7 x 3.7 cm $75	3833 Rutilated Quartz Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 7.2 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm $75
2522 Rutile Epitaxial Growth on Hematite on Double Terminated Quartz Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 7.2 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm $200	2506 Rutilated Quartz with Hematite Roca Grande district, Rio do Pires, Bahia, Brazil 5.3 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm $125	820 Rhodonite Cabochon Brazil 3.7 x 2.7 x 0.4 cm $15
773 Rutilated Quartz Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 7.2 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm $200

S

5527 Svanbergite, Magnesite, Rutile and Hematite

Pomba pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆
5.1 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Largest Svanbergite crystals measures 1.5 mm across.
SOLD

2534 Spessartine Garnet on Albite

Navegadora Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.8 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
$100

T

6005 Pink Topaz on Quartz with Included Hematite and Possible Zeunerite, Magnesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 6.8 x 3.3 x 5.6 cm $150	6004 Tourmaline Included in Quartz Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.4 x 4 x 2.5 cm $45	5973 Bicolor Gemmy Tourmaline Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.2 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm 7.5 g $350
5928 Gemmy Bicolor Tourmaline Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2.7 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm approximately 5.4 g $200	5888 Tourmaline Included in Quartz Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 11.5 x 7.3 x 4.4 cm $50	5224 Pink Topaz on Quartz with Included Hematite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 5.1 x 4.2 x 4.8 cm Largest Topaz crystal is 6 mm long and 1 mm in diameter. $150
4769 Watermelon Tourmaline Pederneira claim, Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.7 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm The cross section of the main crystals measures 10 x 9 mm $900	4388 Tourmaline Arqueana Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Frank Melanson (Hawthorneden) 3.9 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm $1000	4385 Tourmaline, Lepidolite, Goshenite, Albite Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.1 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm longest XL is 3.5 cm long $150
4090 Tourmaline Ribeirao da Folha district, Minas Novas, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.5 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm Main XL is 3.5 x 1.0 x 0.7 $125	3775 Tourmaline Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil 4.7 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm $45	3659 Tourmaline Morro Redondo, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.3 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm 27 g $100
3655 Rubellite Tourmaline Minas Gerais, Brazil 18 x 15 x 5 mm 6.40 ct $125	3061 Rubellite Tourmaline Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.2 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm 16 grams $100	2909 Topaz Morro Redondo, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm 29 g $100
2616 Tourmaline on Quartz with Albite Minas Gerais, Brazil 8.8 x 5.1 x 3.4 cm $75	2501 Tourmaline on and Included in Quartz Chia Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.6 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm $75	2482 Double Terminated Rubellite Tourmaline Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.4 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm 7.0 g $150
2470 Pink Topaz on Quartz Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 5.5 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm $175	2363 Double Terminated Tourmaline (Elbaite) Taquaral District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm $75	2141 Tourmaline Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.7 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm $40
1884 Tourmaline on Quartz Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes personal collection 5.3 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm $450	1879 Tourmaline on Quartz Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes personal collection 4.4 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm $450	1730 Pink Topaz on Quartz with Magnesite Brumado. Bahia, Brazil 4.9 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm $45
1673 Hollow Tourmaline Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil 4 x 2 x 1.8 cm $250	1149 Tourmaline with inner core replaced with Quartz Urubu mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm $175	1130 Pink Topaz on Quartz Brumado. Bahia, Brazil 4.3 x 1 x 1 cm $70
981 Multicolor Tourmaline (Elbaite) Parelhas, Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 49 x 9 x 10 mm 8.5 g $350