Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Esira, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 158126
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158126.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Esira, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ampamatoa
Androbe
Cuvette D'Esira
Sahakondro

Latitude: 24°19'59"S
Longitude: 46°42'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.333055555556,46.7

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Diopside ()*
Fluorite ()*	Grandidierite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorianite ()*
Titanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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 F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca F Fe O S Si Th Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Perovskite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Wollastonite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	78698	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	78694	5171
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	78697	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	1	78699	40
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	78694	14899
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	78698	313
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	0		495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	78699	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	78696	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	78699	1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	0		236
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	78697	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	78697	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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