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:
Tranomaro-Maromby Area, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 2275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tranomaro-Maromby Area, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Garnet	Magnetoplumbite	Mica	None
Pyroxene	Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*
Grandidierite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Potassic-fluoro-pargasite ()*
Spinel ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Th Ti Y Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Fluorite Garnet Magnetoplumbite Mica None
Pyroxene Spinel Titanite Wollastonite Zircon Zirconolite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	40
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	80
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Potassic-fluoro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Mg₄Al)Si₆Al₂O₂₂F₂	1
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247
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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