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Locality Name:
Lazarivo, Betioky, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar


mindat Locality ID: 212489
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212489.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lazarivo, Betioky, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Green Giant Vanadium Property
Lazarivo Deposit
Vohimary
Vohitsevo

Latitude: 23°55'19"S
Longitude: 45°2'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.921944444444,45.038333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleBerdesinskiiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumGarnetMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyriteRhodoniteRutileSchreyeriteSerpentineTitaniteTourmaline

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Dravite  (*)
Goldmanite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Karelianite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Oxyvanite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schreyerite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Tephroite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21790223419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17902227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217902227198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4279025,79026951
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)179022648
Goldmanite  (*)GarnetCa3V3+2(SiO4)317902231
Graphite  (*)NoneC1790222812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317902214640
Karelianite  (*)CorundumV2O317902217
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217902217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1790262994
Oxyvanite  (*)BerdesinskiiteV3+2V4+O51790224
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2279022,790262273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217902239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81790229056
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)179024969
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2179022253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21790225614
Schreyerite  (*)SchreyeriteV3+2Ti4+3O917902210
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51790221516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31790241214
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)179024240
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O279022,790264899


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