Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Green Giant Vanadium Property, Fotadrevo, Ampanihy, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 271776
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271776.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Green Giant Vanadium Property, Fotadrevo, Ampanihy, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Jaky
Manga

Latitude: 24°2'19"S
Longitude: 45°1'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.038611111111,45.021944444444

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	Berdesinskiite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Schreyerite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Goldmanite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Karelianite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Oxyvanite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreyerite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Berdesinskiite Calcite Chabazite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Gypsum
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Schreyerite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	78974	312
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	0		310
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		648
Goldmanite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		31
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	78974	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Karelianite ()*	Corundum	V₂O₃	1	78974	17
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Oxyvanite ()*	Berdesinskiite	V³⁺₂V⁴⁺O₅	1	78974	4
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	78974	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	78974	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	78974	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	78974	5614
Schreyerite ()*	Schreyerite	V³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	1	78974	10
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	0		652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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