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:
Ampanodiana South Pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 130486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ampanodiana South Pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Aeschynite	Danburite	Feldspar	None	Quartz	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 B Ca K Nb O Sb Si Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca K Nb O Sb Si Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Danburite Feldspar None Quartz Zircon

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Béhierite ()*	Danburite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Rynersonite ()*
Schiavinatoite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Béhierite ()*	Zircon	Ta(BO₄)	8
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	148
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rynersonite ()*	Aeschynite	CaTa₂O₆	14
Schiavinatoite ()*	Zircon	Nb(BO₄)	3
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	53

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R080064	Ampanodiana South Pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar	https://rruff.info/R080064

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