Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moramanga, Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 192340
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192340.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moramanga, Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Ambatovola
Amboasary
Ambohibary
Ambohidronono
Ampasimpotsy Gara
Andaingo
Andasibe
Anosibe Ifody
Antanandava
Beforona
Belavabary
Beparasy
Fody Mountain
Lakato
Moramanga Commune
Morarano Gare
Sabotsy Anjiro

Latitude: 18°55'47"S
Longitude: 48°25'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.929722222222,48.431666666667

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.

Beryl	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 Au Be Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar None Not in a structural group Quartz Spinel
Tetrahedrite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78368	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	78365	4286
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	4	78367,78368,78369,78374	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	78370	4165
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	78359	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	78370	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	78359	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	78359,78368	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78368	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	78370	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	78368,78369	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	78367,78368	1934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	78368,78369	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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