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:
Vangaindrano, Atsimo-Atsinanana, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 127441
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127441.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vangaindrano, Atsimo-Atsinanana, Madagascar": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ambalafolo
Isahara
Vangaindrano Pegmatites

Latitude: 23°48'55"S
Longitude: 47°7'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.815277777778,47.126388888889

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile

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 H K Mg Mn O Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Feldspar None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	79060,79061	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	0		504
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	79059	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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