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Brazil has been the world's largest supplier of aquamarine and other gem beryls for almost a century. In 1811 a unique, transparent aquamarine crystal about 7 kg in weight was found near San Mateus in the Teofilo Otoni region in the state of Minas Gerais. The extraction of gem beryl began in the first quarter of the 20th century and continues to the present days. Beryl, topaz, tourmaline, smoky and pink quartz, kunzite and other gemstones are found in granite pegmatites of the Eastern Brazilian crystalline shield.

The Eastern Pegmatite province is the largest and most important pegmatite area.

Brazil is famous for splendid crystals of transparent beryl, many of which have specific names and adorn mineralogical museums of the world. Among them are the unique specimen of zoned heliodor, Quarto Centario, 22 kg; the deep blue aquamarine Marta Rocha, 34,7 kg from Teofilo Otoni; the Esterela de Alve, 19,2 kg from Tres Barras; the blue with a greenish rim aquamarine, Papamel, 110,5 kg from Marambaia. A faceted Brazilian heliodor, weighing 2054 carats, is preserved in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States.

Common inclusions in beryls are gas-liquid inclusions as needle-like channels and veil-like accumulations. Solid inclusions are muscovite, biotite, quartz, apatite, sometimes fluorite, brown tourmaline, etc.

Ref: E.Ya. Kievlenko, Geology of gems, 2003, pp. 112 - 113

Gemstone List

Gem list contains entries from all listed localities in region.

Actinolite Allanite Amblygonite Anatase Andalusite var: Viridine Apatite Axinite Azurite Azurmalachite Beryl var: Aquamarine var: Blue Beryl (Maxixe) var: Emerald var: Goshenite var: Heliodor var: Morganite Brazilianite Calcite Childrenite Chrysoberyl var: Alexandrite var: Cymophane Clinozoisite Colemanite Diamond Diopside

Dolomite Dumortierite Eosphorite Epidote Euclase Feldspar var: Albite var: Amazonite var: Oligoclase Fluorite Gahnite Garnet Group var: Almandine var: Hessonite var: Spessartine Hematite Herderite Kyanite Lazulite Magnesite Microlite Milarite Monazite Montebrasite Muscovite Opal var: Boulder Opal

Opal var: Fire Opal var: Jasper Opal var: Precious Opal Peridot Petalite Phenakite Pyrophyllite Pyroxmangite Quartz var: Agate var: Amethyst var: Ametrine var: Aventurine var: Chalcedony var: Citrine var: Mystic Quartz var: Onyx var: Prasiolite var: Rose Quartz var: Rutilated Quartz var: Smoky Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Scapolite Scorzalite Sellaite Serpentine

Serpentine var: Antigorite Siderite Simpsonite Sodalite Sphalerite Spodumene var: Kunzite Staurolite Stibiotantalite Tantalite var: Manganotantalite Titanite Topaz var: Imperial Topaz var: Mystic Topaz Tourmalinated Quartz Tourmaline var: Elbaite var: Fluor-uvite-Uvite Series var: Indicolite var: Paraíba Tourmaline var: Rubellite var: Verdelite var: Watermelon Tourmaline Variscite Wardite

Localities in this Region

Brazil Bahia Anagé Açude Sossego (Nôzinho) Pombos farm Brumado Serra das Éguas Pedra Preta pit Pomba pit Caetité Brejinho das Ametistas Campo Formoso Socotó mining district Curaçá river valley Jaguarari Caraíba mine Guaratinga Ibitiara Serra do Fogo do Caetano prospects Pilão Arcado Salininha mine Pindobaçu Carnaíba mining district Formiga claim Trecho Velho claims Ceará Tauá Fazenda Boa Esperança Espírito Santo Colatina Mimoso do Sul Fazenda Concórdia pegmatite (Mimoso do Sul mine) Muqui São Domingos claim Pancas Goiás Mara Rosa district Minaçu Serra Dourada Pirenópolis Emerald locality Porangatu Porangatu deposit Santa Terezinha de Goiás district Campos Verdes Emerald mines Mato Grosso Nortelândia Santana river Camargo farm Santana mine Minas Gerais Água Boa Urupuca mine Antônio Dias Hematita Itaitinga mine Araçuaí Capelinha Campo do Boa mine Fanadinho (Fazenda Rubinho Pimenta claim) Caraí Marambaia (Ponto do Marambaia) Papamel claim Catuji Pioneira mine Conselheiro Lafaiete Morro da Mina mine Conselheiro Pena Barra do Cuité Conselheiro Pena pegmatite district Ferruginha Sapo mine Itatiaia mine Jocão claim (Cigana claim) Jonas mine (João Pinto mine) Macaco mine Penha do Norte Navegadora claim (Navigator mine; Orozimbo claim) Coromandel mining district Coronel Murta Barra do Salinas Barra do Salinas district Freire Cardoso (Ouro Fino) Ouro Fino pegmatite Morro Redondo mine Paineira claim (Carlau claim) Datas Datas de Cima deposit Diamantina Jequitinhonha river São João da Chapada Campo Sampaio claim Sopa Divino das Laranjeiras Linópolis Córrego Frio mine Pamaró mine Ferros Esmeralda de Ferros mine Galiléia Sapucaia do Norte Sapucaia mine (Proberil mine; Proberil claim) Urucum claim (Córrego do Urucum pegmatite) Governador Valadares Golconda pegmatite field Grão Mogol Itabira Belmont mine Piteiras Mine Itambacuri Santa Rosa mine Itinga Jenipapo district Monte Belo Pirineus claim Urubu mine Jaguaraçu Jaguaraçu pegmatite Malacacheta Nova Era Canta Galo mine Capoeirana claim Nova Lima Morro Velho mine Novo Cruzeiro Ouro Preto Antônio Pereira district Topaz mine Cachoeira do Campo district Dom Bosco Rodrigo Silva district Capão do Lana mine Padre Paraíso Catugi (Três Barras) Faísca claim Pedra Azul pegmatite district Medina pegmatite field Resplendor Rubelita Gramiais farm Santa Maria de Itabira Ponte da Raiz mine Santa Maria de Itabira mine Santa Maria do Suaçui São Gonaçalo do Abaeté Abaeté river São José da Safira Aricanga mine Cruzeiro mine Pederneira mine São Sebastião do Maranhão Santana do Encoberto Setubinha Fogo creek Teófilo Otoni Virgem da Lapa Manoel Mutuca claim Xanda mine (Xandra mine) Pará Marabá Garimpo das Pedras Alto Bonito claim São Geraldo do Araguaia Manoel Ambrósio ranch Paraíba Junco do Seridó Seridozinho pegmatite Pedra Lavrada Alto Patrimônio Salgadinho São José da Batalha Batalha mine Piauí Pedro II Boi Morto mine Rio Grande do Norte Acari Equador Alto do Giz pegmatite Lajes Pintadas Parelhas Boqueirão pegmatite Capoeira 2 pegmatite (Mulungu pegmatite) Tenente Ananias

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