Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Belindo Mahasoa, Bekily, Androy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 212114
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212114.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belindo Mahasoa, Bekily, Androy, Madagascar": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ambatomainty Phlogopite Deposit
Ankily Phlogopite Deposit
Imantsaka Phlogopite Deposit
Liolambo Phlogopite Deposit
Marotrano Phlogopite Deposit
Mikoboka Phlogopite Deposit

Latitude: 24°25'28"S
Longitude: 45°29'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.424444444444,45.4975

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	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Sepiolite	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 C Ca H K Mg Mo O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Feldspar Mica Molybdenite None Sepiolite Spinel Zircon

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Spinel ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	78638	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	78638,78641	27770
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	78641	5800
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	5	78636,78637,78638,78639,78641	2273
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	78641	241
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	78641	1934
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	78641	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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