Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ambalahosy Nord, Mananjary, Vatovavy Fitovinany, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 45809
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45809.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ambalahosy Nord, Mananjary, Vatovavy Fitovinany, Madagascar": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ambodibakoly Emerald Deposit
Ambodivandrika Emerald Mine
Ankadilalana Emerald Mine
Ankeba Emerald Mine
Tsaravolo Emerald Mine

Latitude: 21°19'38"S
Longitude: 47°54'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.327222222222,47.908888888889

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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	None
Olivine	Phenakite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Talc	Titanite

Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Edenite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Garnet Mica None
Olivine Phenakite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Talc Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	5	79879,79880,79881,79882,79883	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	79879	27770
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	79880	321
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	79879	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	79881	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	4	79879,79880,79882,79883	160
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	79880	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	79881	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	79881	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	79881	5433
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	79880	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	5	79879,79880,79881,79882,79883	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	79879,79880,79881,79882,79883	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	79881	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	4	79879,79880,79882,79883	1214
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	79881	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	79879	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4	79879,79880,79882,79883	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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