Original description: Pough, F. H., Henderson, E. P., 1945. Brazilianite, a new phosphate mineral — American Mineralogist 30: 572—582 [
view in ‘Library’].
Type locality: Córrego Frio mine, Linópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Type material: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA, 105048 (
Anthony et al., 2001—2005).
Etymology: for the type locality country, Brazil.
Distribution: Brazil: Minas Gerais, Linópolis, from the Córrego Frio and other nearby pegmatite mines; Canada: Yukon Territory, in the Big Fish River — Rapid Creek area; Germany: Bavaria, Hagendorf; Rwanda: from the Buranga pegmatite, near Gatumba; USA: Maine, Oxford Co., at the Bell Pit; New Hampshire, Grafton Co. and Sullivan Co. (
Anthony et al., 2001—2005).
Material from ‘Repository’
2 specimens: 0002 — 0.53 ct, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Rio Doce, Divino das Laranjeiras, Linópolis;
0127 — 0.81 ct, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Rio Doce, Divino das Laranjeiras, Linópolis.
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