Study of rare minerals of the pegmatite from Alto Serra Branca, Pedra Lavrada, Paraíba

• Grant number: 15/06613-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2015
• End date: May 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Geology
• Principal Investigator: Daniel Atencio
• Grantee: Beatriz Dias de Araújo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências (IGC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In Brazil, there are many rare minerals that have not been fully described and characterized. This is what is observed, for example, in pegmatite samples from the Alto Serra Branca, Pedra Lavrada, Paraíba, which has been subject of recent research. It is intended, in this scientific research work, the identification and characterization by optical properties, chemical analysis by scanning electron microscope, and by the X-ray diffraction method, the mineral samples collected in this region.