Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Belafa Area, Maromby, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 133016
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133016.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belafa Area, Maromby, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Andoloabo 1 Thorianite Deposit
Andoloabo 2 Thorianite Deposit
Andrambohetra Thorianite Deposit
Andranomitrohy Thorianite Deposit
Belafa East Thorianite Deposit
Belafa Thorianite Mine
Belafa West Thorianite Deposit
Marosohy Thorianite Deposit
Sakoatelo Thorianite Deposit

Latitude: 24°22'43"S
Longitude: 46°32'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.378611111111,46.533888888889

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Magnetoplumbite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyroxene
Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorianite ()*
Titanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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 C Ca Ce H K Mg O Si Th Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Magnetoplumbite Mica None Olivine Pyroxene
Spinel Titanite Wollastonite Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	78727	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	78720,78721,78723,78727	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	78727	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	78723,78726	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	78727	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	78727	1188
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	0		80
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	4	78720,78724,78725,78727	2273
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3	78723,78727,78728	1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	8	78720,78721,78723,78724,78725,78726,78727,78728	236
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	78723,78727	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	78726	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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