Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ianabinda, Betroka, Anosy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 211747
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211747.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ianabinda, Betroka, Anosy, Madagascar": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ankily
Antatabe Phlogopite Deposit
Iankaroka Corundum Occurrence
Iankaroka Phlogopite Deposit
Saheny Phlogopite Deposit
Voronkafotra (Vorokafotra; Vohidava Mine)

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Kornerupine	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel	Zircon

Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Magnetite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*
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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mg O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Kornerupine Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Spinel Zircon

16 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)	3	78827,78829,78830	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	3	78824,78825,78827	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	78824,78827	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	78827	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	78824,78827	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	78827	68
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	78825	14899
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78819	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	11	78820,78821,78822,78823,78824,78825,78826,78827,78828,78829,78830	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	78824	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	78824	61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	4	78824,78825,78827,78829	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	78824,78827	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	78824,78827	1934
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	78824	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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