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Locality Name:
Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 500

mindat Locality ID: 2252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Ambalamanakana
Ambalamasina
Ambatolahinanahary
Ambositra II
Ampandrana
Andina
Antsiribe Area
Ifempina
Ilaka Centre
Ivato
Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka
Tsimanahy

Latitude: 20°14'34"S
Longitude: 47°2'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.242777777778,47.036111111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Beryl	Clay
Columbite	Copper	Danburite	Dumortierite	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rhodizite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Topaz	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Ta Th Ti V W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cs H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Beryl Clay
Columbite Copper Danburite Dumortierite Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Monazite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rhodizite Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Topaz Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenic ()*
Baryte ()*	Béhierite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Brockite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Clinobisvanite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Danburite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dumortierite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluor-liddicoatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hambergite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Hydrokenopyrochlore ()*	Hydroxykenomicrolite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Londonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manandonite ()*
Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodizite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*
Stibiotantalite ()*	Talc ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	500	500	4	78474,78478,78479,78480	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	78466	244
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	500	500	1	78478	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	78469	1310
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	500	500	1	78478	379
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	78459,78481	11547
Béhierite ()*	Zircon	Ta(BO₄)	500	500	1	78478	8
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	500	500	3	78458,78463,78478	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	500	500	1	78478	1966
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O	500	500	1	78478	48
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	78459	4979
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)	500	500	1	78478	36
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	500	500	2	78478,78480	289
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	500	500	3	78458,78478,78479	148
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	78476	4135
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈			2	78455,78469	231
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	500	500	1	78478	520
Fluor-liddicoatite ()*	Tourmaline	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	500	500	1	78478	12
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	78459	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	78463,78470,78476	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	78473	6890
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	500	500	3	78473,78478,78480	81
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	500	500	1	78478	469
Hydrokenopyrochlore ()*	Pyrochlore	( ,Sb³⁺,Na)₂Nb₂O₆·H₂O	500	500	1	78478	2
Hydroxykenomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	( ,Na,Sb³⁺)₂Ta₂O₆(OH)	500	500	1	78478	6
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	78459	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	78481	5591
Londonite ()*	Rhodizite	CsBe₄Al₄(B₁₁Be)O₂₈	500	500	1	78478	9
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	78476	14899
Manandonite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Li₂Al₄(Si₂AlB)O₁₀(OH)₈	500	500	1	78478	3
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	500	500	3	78458,78461,78478	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	500	500	1	78478	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	78474	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	78466	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	500	500	1	78478	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	500	500	1	78478	2349
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	500	500	0		140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	78473,78476	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	500	500	9	78453,78454,78472,78474,78475,78478,78479,78480,78482	61156
Rhodizite ()*	Rhodizite	KBe₄Al₄(B₁₁Be)O₂₈	500	500	6	78472,78474,78475,78478,78479,78480	14
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			4	78462,78463,78476,78482	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	500	500	1	78478	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	500	500	1	78478	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	500	500	1	78478	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	500	500	1	78478	688
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	500	500	1	78478	53
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	78473	3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	78466	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	78473,78476	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	78454	1395
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	500	500	1	78478	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	78462	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Be-00012	500	500	500			high						Londonite	Be	2260	Antandrokomby Pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar		Fernandez et al. (2003)	10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00063-9	PR123_87
	Grew_Li_2019_0064	500	500	500									Manandonite		2260	Antandrokomby Pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar	Antandrokomby pegmatite, Sahatany field, south-west of Antsirabe, Madagascar	Fernandez et al. (2003)	10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00063-9	PR123_87

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060969	Antandrokomby Pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar	https://rruff.info/R060969
R060968	Antandrokomby Pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar	https://rruff.info/R060968

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