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:
Itremo Massif, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 108196
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108196.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Itremo Massif, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Col D'Itremo
Ihovitra (Anovitra; Iovitra; Ivohitra)
Inasana
Tsiambenana Quarry

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Baryte	Clay	Corundum	Dumortierite	Lazulite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rutile

Amblygonite ()*	Augelite ()*	Berlinite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Goyazite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Trolleite ()*

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 B F Fe H K Li Mg O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Clay Corundum Dumortierite Lazulite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rutile

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2	78409,78412	244
Augelite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃	2	78409,78412	79
Berlinite ()*	Quartz	Al(PO₄)	1	78412	28
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	78409,78412	1252
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	78412	231
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2	78409,78412	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	78412	1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	78409,78412	232
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	78410,78412	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	78410,78411,78412	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	78412	5614
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	78412	105
Trolleite ()*	None	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃	2	78409,78412	16

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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