Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ambovombe-Androy, Androy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 158120
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158120.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ambovombe-Androy, Androy, Madagascar": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ambanisarike
Ampamata
Andalatanosy
Antanimora Sud
Imanombo
Jafaro

Latitude: 24°47'4"S
Longitude: 45°37'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.784444444444,45.618333333333

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	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gypsum	Kornerupine	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Sapphirine	Scapolite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Meionite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite
Gypsum Kornerupine Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Sapphirine Scapolite Spinel Titanite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	78600,78601	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	78622	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	78600	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	78603,78607,78612	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	78600,78601,78605,78610,78616,78622	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	78600,78601	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	78618	321
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	78616	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	78616,78619	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	78600,78601,78622	4135
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	78607	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	78600,78601,78602	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	78615	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	78600,78601	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	78619	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	78619	5433
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	78619	68
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	78600	176
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	78600,78601	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	78618	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	78601	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	9	78600,78601,78604,78611,78614,78619,78621,78622,78624	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	78600,78601	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	78600,78601	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	78603,78607,78615	61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	78616	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	78619	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	9	78600,78605,78609,78610,78611,78613,78614,78616,78619	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	78600,78601,78613	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	78600,78607	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-40	Antanimora Sud, Ambovombe-Androy, Androy, Madagascar	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-26-to-fkm-50/#FKM-40

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