Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Taolañaro (Fort Dauphin), Anosy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 158124
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158124.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taolañaro (Fort Dauphin), Anosy, Madagascar": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Ambatoabo
Ampasimena
Ampasy
Analapatsy
Andranobory
Ankaramena
Ankariera
Enaniliha
Fenoevo
Isaka-Ivondro
Manantenina
Mandromodromotra
Ranomafana-South
Ranopiso
Taolañaro

Latitude: 24°50'7"S
Longitude: 46°51'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.835277777778,46.861111111111

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Grandidierite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Werdingite ()*	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 As B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	78901	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	78901	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	78935	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	78922	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	78876,78877,78879,78881,78885,78888,78903,78910,78927,78930	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	78935	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	3	78901,78932,78935	1008
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	78901	944
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	78918	504
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	2	78901,78935	40
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	78920	2812
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	78901	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	6	78895,78901,78912,78915,78920,78932	5433
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78901	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	78893	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78915	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	30	78874,78875,78876,78877,78878,78879,78880,78881,78882,78883,78884,78885,78886,78887,78888,78889,78897,78898,78900,78903,78909,78910,78923,78924,78925,78926,78927,78928,78930,78931	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	78891,78893	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	78893	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	78891,78892,78901,78910,78920	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	78901	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	5	78901,78903,78910,78925,78927	1934
Werdingite ()*	None	Mg₂Al₁₄Si₄B₄O₃₇	1	78901	8
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	78895,78932	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050173	Taolañaro (Fort Dauphin), Anosy, Madagascar	https://rruff.info/R050173

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