Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ambatomivary, Betroka, Anosy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 207334
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207334.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ambatomivary, Betroka, Anosy, Madagascar": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ambalavaokely
Ambatomivary (Ambatomivahy; Ambatomivany)
Antanimary Phlogopite Mine
Vohitramboa Phlogopite Deposit

Latitude: 23°48'19"S
Longitude: 45°33'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.805277777778,45.556666666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Spinel ()*	Thorianite ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O S Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Garnet Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Titanite 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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	78788	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	78787	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	78787	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	78787	9617
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	78787	5800
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	78787	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	78787	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	78787	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	78787	9056
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	78787	1214
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	78788	1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	78787	236
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	78785,78787	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	78786	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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