Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar

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

mindat Locality ID: 46439
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46439.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Ambatovita
Ambona
Ampandramaika Pegmatite
Ankabo
Ankiperatra Pegmatites
Antanimbaribe Pegmatite (Antambariba)
Fluorite Occurrence
Janjina
Marivolanitra Pegmatite
Maroanaka-Nord Pegmatite
Maroanaka-Sud Pegmatite
Sarondambo
Tsifatabahiny Pegmatite
Tsingirifiry Pegmatite

Latitude: 20°42'58"S
Longitude: 45°54'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.716111111111,45.907777777778

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.

Allanite	Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Arthurite	Autunite	Beryl	Bismutite
Chlorite	Clay	Coronadite	Danburite	Dufrénite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Graftonite
Hureaulite	Lazulite	Leucophosphite	Lipscombite	Mica	Milarite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Phosphosiderite	Phosphuranylite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Rutile	Staurolite	Stewartite	Topaz	Tourmaline
Triplite	Vivianite	Wardite	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 B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Amorphous Analcime Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arthurite Autunite Beryl Bismutite
Chlorite Clay Coronadite Danburite Dufrénite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Graftonite
Hureaulite Lazulite Leucophosphite Lipscombite Mica Milarite Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Phosphosiderite Phosphuranylite Pyroxene Quartz Rockbridgeite Rutile Staurolite Stewartite Topaz Tourmaline
Triplite Vivianite Wardite Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Analcime ()*	Autunite ()*
Barbosalite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bermanite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chiavennite ()*	Cookeite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Danburite ()*	Dewindtite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dufrénite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graftonite ()*	Hambergite ()*
Hureaulite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Lipscombite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pezzottaite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*
Stewartite ()*	Strengite ()*	Tavorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Vivianite ()*	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	9	78420,78422,78425,78426,78427,78428,78432,78433,78437	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	500	500	1	78420	706
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	78425	244
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	500	500	1	78420	1627
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	78432	1272
Barbosalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	78432	43
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	500	500	1	78420	255
Bermanite ()*	Arthurite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	78432	55
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	500	500	14	78420,78422,78423,78425,78426,78427,78428,78429,78432,78433,78434,78435,78436,78437	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃			1	78426	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	78428	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	78425	716
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	500	500	1	78420	5171
Chiavennite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(BeOH)₂Si₅O₁₃·2H₂O	500	500	1	78420	22
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈			1	78435	181
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	500	500	1	78420	599
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	78432	60
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	500	500	1	78420	148
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O			1	78432	82
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	78437	4135
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	78432	139
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	500	500	1	78420	520
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	78430	9617
Graftonite ()*	Graftonite	Fe²⁺Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)₂			2	78422,78432	107
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	500	500	1	78420	81
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	78432	125
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	78432	2228
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	78422	1507
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O			1	78432	110
Lipscombite ()*	Lipscombite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	78432	47
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)			1	78432	155
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	500	500	2	78420,78432	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	500	500	1	78420	156
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	78432	129
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	500	500	1	78420	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			12	78422,78423,78425,78426,78427,78428,78429,78432,78434,78435,78436,78437	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	500	500	1	78420	2994
Pezzottaite ()*	Beryl	CsLiBe₂Al₂Si₆O₁₈	500	500	1	78420	6
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	78432	182
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	500	500	12	78420,78421,78422,78423,78425,78426,78427,78428,78429,78433,78434,78437	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅			1	78432	206
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	78422	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	500	500	3	78420,78425,78437	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	500	500	1	78420	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	78422	978
Stewartite ()*	Stewartite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O			1	78432	48
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	78432	263
Tavorite ()*	None	LiFe³⁺(PO₄)(OH)			1	78432	35
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	78422,78435	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F			2	78422,78432	233
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	78432	890
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	78432	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	500	500	2	78420,78424	5251

1 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-00044	500	500	500			high						Pezzottaite	Be	31039	Sakavalana Mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar		Fernandez et al. (2003)	10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00063-9	PR123_87

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060583	Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar	https://rruff.info/R060583

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