Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ambanja, Diana, Madagascar

Oldest recorded age at locality: 24.12
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23.52

mindat Locality ID: 158099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ambanja, Diana, Madagascar": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Ambohimarina
Ampasindava Peninsula
Anorotsangana
Antsakoamanondro
Antsirabe
Bekotapo
Bemaneviky Commune
Bemaneviky Ouest Commune
Djangoa Commune
Maherivaratra Commune
Marovato Commune
River Alluvials

Latitude: 13°37'51"S
Longitude: 48°20'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.630833333333,48.344166666667

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Brookite	Calcite	Catapleiite
Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote
Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Parisite	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Steacyite	Stibnite	Stilbite	Thortveitite
Titanite	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite	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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Na Nb Nd O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Baddeleyite Baryte Bastnäsite Brookite Calcite Catapleiite
Cerite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Diaspore Digenite Epidote
Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Monazite Natrolite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Parisite Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane
Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Steacyite Stibnite Stilbite Thortveitite
Titanite Tridymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wöhlerite Zircon

80 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite-(La) ()*	Bornite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite-(Ce) ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Corundum ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*
Cerite-(La) ()*	Ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite ()*	Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluornatropyrochlore ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gittinsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Låvenite ()*
Leucite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nacareniobsite-(Ce) ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhabdophane-(Nd) ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Turkestanite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zektzerite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	24.12	23.52	3	79256,79263,79287	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	24.12	23.52	2	79256,79263	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	79271	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	24.12	23.52	5	79256,79258,79263,79272,79277	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	24.12	23.52	4	79257,79271,79283,79287	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	24.12	23.52	2	79261,79263	1534
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	24.12	23.52	1	79263	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	24.12	23.52	1	79263	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	79268	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	79253	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	24.12	23.52	2	79263,79271	304
Bastnäsite-(La) ()*	Bastnäsite	La(CO₃)F			1	79271	30
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	24.12	23.52	1	79263	5516
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	24.12	23.52	1	79263	115
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	24.12	23.52	2	79283,79287	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	24.12	23.52	3	79261,79263,79271	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	24.12	23.52	1	79263	5171
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O			1	79259	113
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂			1	79268	94
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	24.12	23.52	1	79263	47
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	24.12	23.52	1	79263	27198
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	24.12	23.52	1	79263	89
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	24.12	23.52	2	79266,79281	1797
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	24.12	23.52	1	79263	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	79253	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	79256,79258	8173
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	24.12	23.52	3	79256,79259,79263	182
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	79256	371
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	24.12	23.52	1	79263	196
Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Fe³⁺AlFe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	24.12	23.52	1	79263	28
Cerite-(La) ()*	Cerite	(La₆Ca₃) Fe³⁺(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	24.12	23.52	1	79263	3
Ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Li)Si₈O₂₂F₂	24.12	23.52	1	79263	3
Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	None	(Ca,Na)₂(Nb,Ti)₂O₆F	24.12	23.52	1	79263	18
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	24.12	23.52	2	79263,79271	9617
Fluornatropyrochlore ()*	None	(Na,Pb,Ca,REE,U)₂Nb₂O₆F	24.12	23.52	1	79263	10
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24.12	23.52	4	79253,79263,79274,79278	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	79268	504
Gittinsite ()*	Thortveitite	CaZrSi₂O₇	24.12	23.52	1	79263	11
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	79268,79271	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	79256	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	24.12	23.52	2	79263,79268	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	24.12	23.52	1	79263	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	79268	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	24.12	23.52	2	79263,79271	1271
Låvenite ()*	Wöhlerite	(Na,Ca)₄(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₂(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	24.12	23.52	1	79282	58
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)			1	79256	233
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	24.12	23.52	1	79263	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	24.12	23.52	1	79263	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	24.12	23.52	2	79263,79271	5674
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	24.12	23.52	1	79263	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	79268	17380
Nacareniobsite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na₃Nb(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	24.12	23.52	1	79263	10
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	79277	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	24.12	23.52	3	79256,79263,79276	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	79276	2349
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	24.12	23.52	1	79263	112
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	24.12	23.52	1	79263	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	79256,79258	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	24.12	23.52	5	79261,79263,79268,79271,79276	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	24.12	23.52	1	79263	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	24.12	23.52	5	79261,79266,79268,79277,79281	61156
Rhabdophane-(Nd) ()*	Rhabdophane	Nd(PO₄)·H₂O			1	79271	14
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	24.12	23.52	1	79263	375
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	24.12	23.52	1	79263	353
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	24.12	23.52	1	79263	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	24.12	23.52	3	79263,79268,79278	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	24.12	23.52	1	79263	189
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	79286	3418
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	79261	268
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	24.12	23.52	2	79263,79271	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F			1	79271	55
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			1	79268	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	24.12	23.52	1	79263	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	24.12	23.52	1	79263	4899
Turkestanite ()*	Steacyite	(K, )(Ca,Na)₂ThSi₈O₂₀·nH₂O	24.12	23.52	1	79263	9
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	24.12	23.52	1	79263	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	24.12	23.52	1	79263	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	24.12	23.52	1	79282	939
Zektzerite ()*	None	NaLiZrSi₆O₁₅	24.12	23.52	1	79263	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	24.12	23.52	4	79263,79268,79271,79287	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0180	24.12	23.52	23.82 ± 0.3		Age of alkaline dyke									73116	Ampasibitika, Antsirabe, Ambanja, Diana, Madagascar	Ampasibitika	Estrade et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.06.008	JAES94_141

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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