Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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.

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Magnetoplumbite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhodizite	Sapphirine	Scapolite	Scheelite	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wollastonite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Fluoro-pargasite ()*	Grandidierite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Meionite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mottramite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Potassic-fluoro-pargasite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodizite ()*	Sapphirine ()*
Scheelite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	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 B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti V W Y Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Descloizite
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Magnetoplumbite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz
Rhodizite Sapphirine Scapolite Scheelite Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Wollastonite Zircon Zirconolite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78764	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	78773	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	78771	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	78767	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	5	78753,78755,78756,78763,78776	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	78752	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	78771	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	78764	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	78771,78772	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	78757,78762,78767,78770,78771,78772,78773,78774,78775	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	78772	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	78771,78772	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	78763,78771,78772	3531
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	78773	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	8	78752,78755,78759,78762,78763,78768,78773,78776	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	78771	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	8	78752,78757,78761,78762,78763,78772,78773,78775	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	78775	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	78775	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	78775	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	78764,78767,78771,78772	9617
Fluoro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂F₂	0		9
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	2	78773,78775	40
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	8	78752,78753,78755,78756,78762,78768,78773,78776	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	78764	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	78771	12537
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	78762	176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78764	4924
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	78763	362
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	3	78752,78757,78773	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	14	78752,78757,78758,78760,78761,78763,78766,78767,78769,78770,78772,78773,78774,78775	2273
Potassic-fluoro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Mg₄Al)Si₆Al₂O₂₂F₂	1	78773	1
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	78750,78764	61156
Rhodizite ()*	Rhodizite	KBe₄Al₄(B₁₁Be)O₂₈	1	78764	14
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	2	78772,78775	129
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	78765	4894
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	13	78752,78753,78755,78756,78762,78766,78768,78769,78771,78772,78773,78774,78776	1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	18	78752,78753,78754,78755,78756,78757,78758,78760,78761,78762,78763,78766,78767,78769,78770,78771,78772,78773	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	3	78750,78763,78773	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	7	78752,78753,78755,78763,78767,78773,78776	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	78773	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	78750,78763,78764,78770	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	1	78773	140

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110065	Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar	https://rruff.info/R110065
FKM-191	Andranokaolo Thorianite Deposit (Andrakaholo; Andrakakolo), Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-191

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