ARTIGOS CIENTÍFICOS
(1) The History of Mineralogy in Brazil – from prehistoric times to oxycalciomicrolite By Paulo Cesar Pereira das Neves ( usppd@yahoo.com.br); Daniel Atencio; Darcson Vieira “Many people who are reported in this work, and who no longer belong to this life plan, had a messiânico dedication to minerals. This text is dedicated to them." Brazil is well known for its mineralogical diversity. A little over 19% of all known minerals to date have been found in Brazil so far (NEVES & ATENCIO, 2019). The knowledge of minerals in Brazil, since before the Portuguese invasion, until the present times, went trought several phases, such as the one in which the past inhabitants were concerned only with the aesthetic and practical value of these substances; the arrival of the colonizers, who started to worry about their economic value (Gold and Diamond cycles), wants to continue at the present day, until the phase when technological value matters (use as...