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Locality Name:
Berere Pegmatite Field, Bekapaika Commune, Tsaratanàna, Betsiboka, Madagascar


mindat Locality ID: 58637
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58637.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Berere Pegmatite Field, Bekapaika Commune, Tsaratanàna, Betsiboka, Madagascar": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Ambatoharanana Ambany Pegmatite
Ambatoharanana Ambony Pegmatite (South)
Ambatomainty Pegmatites
Ambohibola Pegmatites
Ampangabe-Ambohibola Pegmatite
Amparihimena Pegmatite
Analila Pegmatite
Antsakoa I Pegmatite
Antsakoa II Pegmatite
Befilaho II
Befilao I
Bemanary Pegmatite
Bemoka Pegmatite
Besatrana Pegmatite
Imangoaka I
Imangoaka II
Pegmatite Near Mahajamba River

Latitude: 16°38'32"S
Longitude: 47°23'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.642222222222,47.397777777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sc Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi O S Si Th 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylBismutiteClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparGarnetKaoliniteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteStibniteThortveititeZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Liandratite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Petscheckite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Thorite  (*)Thortveitite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)579153,79158,79159,79160,791628803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21791582162
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181079152,79153,79158,79159,79160,79161,79162,79166,79167,791684286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)179158716
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6879152,79153,79158,79159,79160,79162,79166,79167414
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3279159,791605433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41791585591
Liandratite  (*)NoneU6+Nb2O817915921
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2879153,79158,79159,79160,79161,79162,79164,7916717380
Petscheckite  (*)NoneU4+Fe2+Nb2O81791594
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2979152,79153,79158,79159,79160,79161,79162,79166,7916761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2279155,791595614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8579153,79155,79156,79158,79159353
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3279159,791641214
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)01006
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O717916454
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O179164652
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)679152,79153,79155,79162,79164,79166939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)479153,79159,79160,791645251


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