Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 146726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ampanodiana North Pegmatite
Ampanodiana South Pegmatite
Ampasogona Pegmatite
Tetezantsio Pegmatites

Latitude: 20°6'54"S
Longitude: 46°43'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.115,46.722777777778

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	Beryl	Columbite	Danburite	Feldspar	None	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rhodizite	Rutile
Zircon

Béhierite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cesiokenopyrochlore ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Danburite ()*	Londonite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodizite ()*
Rynersonite ()*	Schiavinatoite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*

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 Be Ca Cs H K Mn Nb O Sb Si Sn Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Beryl Columbite Danburite Feldspar None Pyrochlore Quartz Rhodizite Rutile
Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Béhierite ()*	Zircon	Ta(BO₄)	3	79789,79790,79791	8
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	79792	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	79791	5171
Cesiokenopyrochlore ()*	Pyrochlore	Nb₂(O,OH)₆Cs_1-x	1	79792	1
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	3	79789,79791,79792	289
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	1	79790	148
Londonite ()*	Rhodizite	CsBe₄Al₄(B₁₁Be)O₂₈	1	79792	9
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	79790	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	79789,79790,79791,79792	61156
Rhodizite ()*	Rhodizite	KBe₄Al₄(B₁₁Be)O₂₈	2	79791,79792	14
Rynersonite ()*	Aeschynite	CaTa₂O₆	2	79789,79790	14
Schiavinatoite ()*	Zircon	Nb(BO₄)	2	79789,79790	3
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	2	79789,79790	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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