Mineralogy of alkaline rocks from Cajati, SP

• Grant number: 15/09975-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2015
• End date: March 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Geology
• Principal Investigator: Daniel Atencio
• Grantee: Ianny da Silva Vieira
• 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 the carbonatite of Cajati, São Paulo, 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.