Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Faratsiho, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 58633
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58633.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Faratsiho, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Ambohiborona
Andranomadio
Andranomiady
Antsampanimahazo
Belamosina
Faratsiho Commune
Ingalana Pegmatite
Marofahitra
Miandrarivo
Miarirano
Ramainandro
Valabetokana
Vinaninony Atsimo
Vinaninony Avaratra

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.

Amorphous	Beryl	Bismutite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz	Zircon

Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pucherite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorite ()*
Topaz ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti U V Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Nb O Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Beryl Bismutite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stibnite Topaz Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	79834,79835,79838,79839	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	79838	214
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	79838	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	79838	716
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	79838	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	79828	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	79838,79840	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	2	79838,79849	414
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	0		196
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	79843,79844,79845,79846	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	79842	2812
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	79838	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	79838	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	79838	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	79838	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	79835,79838,79839	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	79833	2994
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	1	79838	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	79838	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	79838,79839,79848	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	79838	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	79838	353
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	79838	1214
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	79828	1934
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	79850	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	79838	1476
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	79849	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5	79828,79831,79838,79849,79850	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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