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Locality Name:
Fitampito, Ikalamavony, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar


mindat Locality ID: 158108
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158108.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fitampito, Ikalamavony, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Adaboroa Pegmatite
Ambalamarina
Ambalavato
Ambarivondra
Ambodibonara Pegmatite
Amboloando Pegmatites
Andanoa
Belobaka
Bemasoandro Pegmatite
Bemokoto Pegmatite (Bemakoto)
Beseva
Fitampito Brookite Locality
Malakialina Area
Malakialina F3 Pegmatite
Malakialina Pegmatite

Latitude: 21°4'14"S
Longitude: 45°52'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.070555555556,45.875555555556

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Pb Si Ta Ti U W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArseniosideriteAutuniteBerylBrookiteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGraftonite
LazuliteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhosphuranyliteQuartzRockbridgeiteScheeliteStaurolite
TripliteTungstiteZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Autunite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Brookite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Curite  (*)
Dewindtite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Tungstite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)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)1793598803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31793572353
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O379349,79353,793591272
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)217935443
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O279353,7935992
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2179353606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181079345,79346,79347,79349,79351,79352,79353,79354,79355,793594286
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2179356700
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4379351,79354,79359321
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O17935351
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O17935382
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)179351551
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2179354107
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4279352,793571507
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)179354155
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1793454924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O179354129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2479349,79352,79353,7935917380
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O179353182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2479349,79353,79356,7935961156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5179353206
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1793514894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31793491214
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)179357978
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6279345,79359211
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O279353,793591059
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)179354313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F279353,79354233
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O179351118
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2379349,79353,793592718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O379349,79353,79359890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1793595251



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