Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Betioky, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

Oldest recorded age at locality: 617
Youngest recorded age at locality: 607

mindat Locality ID: 188283
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188283.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Betioky, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Andranomangatsiaka
Beantake
Belamoty
Beomby
Betioky Sud
Bezaha
Lazarivo
Manalobe
Masiaboay
Soamanonga
Tongobory Commune

Latitude: 23°40'34"S
Longitude: 44°40'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.676111111111,44.673611111111

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Berdesinskiite	Beryl	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Palygorskite	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile
Schreyerite	Serpentine	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*
Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dravite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goldmanite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Karelianite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Oxyvanite ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Roscoelite ()*
Rutile ()*	Schreyerite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Tephroite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Berdesinskiite Beryl Braunite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Palygorskite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rutile
Schreyerite Serpentine Titanite Tourmaline

47 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	79022	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	617	607	1	79016	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	617	607	3	79014,79015,79016	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	79011	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	617	607	1	79015	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	79030	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	79022	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	79031	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	617	607	2	79015,79016	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	617	607	2	79014,79015	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	617	607	2	79015,79022	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	617	607	1	79016	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	79025,79026,79030	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	617	607	1	79016	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			2	79011,79020	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	617	607	1	79015	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	617	607	1	79016	2970
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	79022	648
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	79030	9617
Goldmanite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	79022	31
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	79022	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	79034	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	79022	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	79034	2228
Karelianite ()*	Corundum	V₂O₃			1	79022	17
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	79030	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	617	607	2	79015,79016	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	79017,79022	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	79026	2994
Oxyvanite ()*	Berdesinskiite	V³⁺₂V⁴⁺O₅			1	79022	4
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	79017	306
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	617	607	1	79016	428
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	79022,79026	2273
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	617	607	1	79016	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	79022,79032	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	79030	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	79022	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	617	607	2	79016,79030	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			2	79024,79030	969
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	79022	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	79022	5614
Schreyerite ()*	Schreyerite	V³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉			1	79022	10
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	617	607	1	79016	1153
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	79022	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	79024,79030	1214
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	79024	240
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	617	607	3	79015,79022,79026	4899

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
	Jen_0001539	617	607	612 ± 5	U-Pb	age of formation of protolith ruby		zircon				Zircon			191264	Vohibory Cu Field, Belamoty, Betioky, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar	Vohibory Deposit	Giuliani et al. (2007)		GOGD37_23

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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