Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Antalaha District, Sava, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 158101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Antalaha District, Sava, Madagascar": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ambalabe Commune
Ampahana Commune
Ampohibe Commune
Antalaha Commune
Antsahanoro Commune
Masoala Peninsula (Mansoala Peninsula)
Sakantaha

Latitude: 14°49'21"S
Longitude: 50°10'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -14.8225,50.182222222222

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.

Analcime	Beryl	Clay	Copper	Mica	Natrolite	None

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 H K Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Beryl Clay Copper Mica Natrolite None

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Beryl ()*	Copper ()*	Mesolite ()*	Muscovite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	79561	1627
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	79563,79565	4286
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	79566	425
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	79563,79565	17380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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