Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Atsinanana, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 157726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atsinanana, Madagascar": 70
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Antanambao Manampotsy
Brickaville
Mahanoro
Marolambo
Toamasina I
Toamasina II
Vatomandry

Latitude: 18°10'50"S
Longitude: 49°6'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.180555555556,49.111111111111

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	Amphibole	Arsenic	Auricupride	Baryte	Bismutite	Bowieite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Ullmannite	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*	Braggite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cooperite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Evansite ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kashinite ()*	Keithconnite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Laurite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pucherite ()*	Quartz ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 As B Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Na Nb O Os P Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti V Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenic Auricupride Baryte Bismutite Bowieite Calcite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group
Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Ullmannite Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	79067,79085,79105	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	79088	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	79085	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	79085	716
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	2	79066,79067	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	79102,79105	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	79108,79109	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	79101	1756
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	2	79066,79067	124
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	3	79101,79111,79116	1797
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Spinel	(Cu¹⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄	2	79066,79067	34
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	79088	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	79105	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	2	79066,79067	110
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O	1	79114	56
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	79072	504
Graphite ()*	None	C	5	79072,79079,79083,79088,79114	2812
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	2	79066,79067	119
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	2	79066,79067	128
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	79079,79085	5591
Kashinite ()*	Bowieite	Ir₂S₃	2	79066,79067	29
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	2	79066,79067	40
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	79092,79093	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	79102	1271
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2	79066,79067	226
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	79085	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	79079,79088	471
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	79067	485
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	1	79085	53
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	79085,79105	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	79085	353
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	79088	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	79101	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	79088	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	79088	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	79088	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	79088	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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