Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tsitondroina, Ikalamavony, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 189057
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189057.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tsitondroina, Ikalamavony, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ambararata
Besavoa
Mahasoa
Mahatsinjoroa
Tsitondroina Pegmatite Field
Unspecified Amethyst Sceptre Locality
Unspecified Chrysoberyl Locality
Unspecified Quartz Locality

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Clay	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyroxene
Quartz	Scapolite	Scheelite	Topaz	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Diopside ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Meionite ()*	Microcline ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Topaz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si W Y

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Clay Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Olivine Pyroxene
Quartz Scapolite Scheelite Topaz Zircon

14 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	79378	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	79380	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	79384	27770
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	79384	321
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	79384	4135
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	79382	5591
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	0		176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	79378,79382	4924
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	79378,79380,79382,79383,79385	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	79384	4894
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	79382	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	79380	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-16	Unspecified Chrysoberyl Locality, Tsitondroina, Ikalamavony, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-1-to-fkm-25/#FKM-16

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