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Locality Name:
Ambilobe, Diana, Madagascar


mindat Locality ID: 35969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ambilobe, Diana, Madagascar": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ambalan' Anjavy Commune
Ambatobe Anjavy Commune
Anaborano Ifasy Commune
Antsohimbondrona Commune
Betsiaka Commune

Latitude: 13°1'30"S
Longitude: 48°53'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.025,48.89

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S279299,793012793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1792942734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21793023092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)679290,79294,79299,79300,79301,7930211547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)279290,792944979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2379294,79299,7930227198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS579290,79294,79299,79300,7930224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu579290,79299,79300,79301,7930230554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217930239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl479290,79299,79300,793021725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2379293,79299,7930061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1793015186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS379294,79299,7930221482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41792971934
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4279299,793001655



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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