Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bekily, Androy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 157732
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157732.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bekily, Androy, Madagascar": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Ambahita
Ambovo
Bekily
Bekitro
Belindo Mahasoa
Beraketa
Manakompy
Maroviro
Tanandava
Vohimanga

Latitude: 24°11'43"S
Longitude: 45°33'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.195277777778,45.556388888889

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Meionite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorianite ()*	Titanite ()*
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Th Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Titanite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	78634	3419
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	78634	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	78644	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	78638	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	78634,78638,78641,78643,78644,78647,78655	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	78644,78645	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	78651	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	8	78634,78643,78644,78645,78647,78648,78653,78655	4135
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	78644	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	78642	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	78644	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	78647	741
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	78644	1271
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	78644	176
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	78631,78641,78644	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78648	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	15	78631,78634,78636,78637,78638,78639,78641,78643,78644,78645,78647,78648,78653,78655,78656	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	78644	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	78644,78647,78655	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	78628	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	78644	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	78634,78643	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	78643,78644	4894
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	3	78641,78643,78644	241
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	4	78641,78644,78647,78648	1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	4	78644,78645,78647,78649	236
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	78634,78643,78648	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	78643	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	78641,78648	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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