Mineral Evolution Database

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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.

Locality Name:
Ambatoabo, Taolañaro (Fort Dauphin), Anosy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 300264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ambatoabo, Taolañaro (Fort Dauphin), Anosy, Madagascar": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Ambinda Phlogopite Deposit
Ampotamainty Phlogopite Deposit
Andraketa Phlogopite Deposit
Andravy Phlogopite Deposit
Anivorano Phlogopite Deposit
Ankoba Phlogopite Deposit
Belombiry Phlogopite Deposit
Bezaha Phlogopite Deposit
Evataza Phlogopite Deposit
Imonty Phlogopite Deposit
Inato Phlogopite Deposit
Mananara Phlogopite Deposit
Marotaka Phlogopite Deposit
Sakaravy Phlogopite Deposit
Sakave Phlogopite Deposit

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.

Calcite	Clay	Mica	None

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 H K Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Mica None

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Phlogopite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			6	78876,78877,78879,78881,78885,78888	27770
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			15	78875,78876,78877,78878,78879,78880,78881,78882,78883,78884,78885,78886,78887,78888,78889	2273

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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