Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Andranondambo Sapphire Deposits, Maromby, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 29809
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29809.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Andranondambo Sapphire Deposits, Maromby, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°25'"S
Longitude: 46°34'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.416666666667,46.583055555556

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.

Apatite	Baddeleyite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Magnetoplumbite	Mica
None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Anorthite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*
Diopside ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hibonite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg O P Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg O P Si Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baddeleyite Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Magnetoplumbite Mica
None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Wollastonite Zircon Zirconolite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	238
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	80
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	140

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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