Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Masindray, Soavinandriana, Itasy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 193441
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193441.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Masindray, Soavinandriana, Itasy, Madagascar": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ambohijatovo
Mandevontena
Masindray Pegmatite

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Bismutite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Stibnite	Titanite	Zircon

Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spessartine ()*
Thorite ()*	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 Be Bi C Ca Ce F H K Mn Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Bismutite Clay Columbite Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group
Quartz Stibnite Titanite Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	79498	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	79498	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	79498	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	79498	716
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	79499	414
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	79496	2740
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	79498,79499	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	79498	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	79498	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	79498	1214
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	79496	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	79496	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	79496	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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