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Locality Name:
Mahaiza, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar


mindat Locality ID: 187888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mahaiza, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ambalanondry
Ambohitranana
Ansahasaha
Mahaiza Market
Manindroa
Tsaramanga Pegmatite
Tsaramoka

Latitude: 19°55'21"S
Longitude: 46°48'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.9225,46.811666666667
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 Bi C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U V Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteBerylBismutiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumEpidote
FeldsparGarnetMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneQuartzRutileScheeliteSpinel
StibniteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cordierite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pucherite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Spessartine  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)6179818141
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181798184286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3179818214
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31798181935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)179818716
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217981827198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81798141756
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6179818289
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181798141008
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1798188173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6179818414
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317981914640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417981814899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1798184924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21798185800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)179818945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)17981853
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2479814,79817,79818,7981961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2279818,798195614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8179818353
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31798181214
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1798185251


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