Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sahambano, Ihosy, Ihorombe, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 212595
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212595.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sahambano, Ihosy, Ihorombe, Madagascar": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bemiray
Manivala (Sahambano Corundum Deposit)
Mosalahy Marbles
Mosalahy Mt
Sakafona Pegmatite
Vohimena Hill

Latitude: 22°30'13"S
Longitude: 46°16'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.503611111111,46.271388888889

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.

Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel	Titanite
Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cheralite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*
Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S ()*	Magnetite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Serendibite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	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 B Ba Be C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Spinel Titanite
Tourmaline Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	79436	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	79443	1036
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	79436	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	79442	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	79443	27770
Cheralite ()*	Monazite	CaTh(PO₄)₂	1	79436	50
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	79440,79441	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	79441	1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	5	79435,79436,79437,79438,79439	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	79436	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	79440,79441,79443	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	79441	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	79441	8173
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S ()*	None	Mg₂BeAl₆O₁₂	1	79440	9
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	79442	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	79440	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	79436	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	79442	61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	3	79436,79438,79439	129
Serendibite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₆Al₆]O₄[Si₆B₃Al₃O₃₆]	1	79443	19
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	3	79436,79437,79438	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	4	79435,79436,79440,79443	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	79441	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	79436	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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