Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maevatanana, Betsiboka, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 189184
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189184.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maevatanana, Betsiboka, Madagascar": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Andriba
Antsiafabositra
Maevatanana Gold District (Suberbieville)
Mahazoma
Morafeno

Latitude: 17°29'27"S
Longitude: 47°2'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.490833333333,47.039722222222

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Gypsum	Isomertieite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite	Ullmannite

Anatase ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Michenerite ()*	Microcline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spinel ()*	Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*

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 As Au Be Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Ni O Pd Pt Rh S Sb Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Gypsum Isomertieite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Spinel Sulphur Titanite Ullmannite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	79124,79125	2162
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	79130,79134,79135	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	79136	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	79129	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	79134	321
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		327
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	79131	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	79136	1188
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	79128	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	79129	6890
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1	79136	119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	79136	154
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	1	79136	48
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	79136	1487
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	79136	114
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	79131	2349
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	1	79136	37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	79136	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	79136	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	79136	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	79130	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	79125	5614
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	79136	337
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	79130	1214
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	79136	1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	79131	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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