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Locality Name:
Miandrivazo, Menabe, Madagascar


mindat Locality ID: 191993
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191993.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miandrivazo, Menabe, Madagascar": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ambohipihaonana
Analadihirina
Ankavandra
Dabolava
Folakara Area
Miandrivazo Commune

Latitude: 19°34'41"S
Longitude: 45°34'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.578055555556,45.577222222222
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 As Au Be Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Nb O P S Si Th Ti U V Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAutuniteBerylBismutiteChalcopyriteClayCopperMalachiteMicaNone
OlivinePerovskitePyriteQuartzSkutteruditeStibniteTopaz

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Gold  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6179537141
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O279535,795451272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181795334286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31795321935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)279533,79548716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41795385516
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O279535,795451184
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2279532,7953827198
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4279533,79547321
Gold  (*)CopperAu17954130554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217953812537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217953917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217953239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2379532,79537,7954061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1795365186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3179536531
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2279537,795391476


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