Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Tritriva, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 216039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216039.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tritriva, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Andavampanenona
Samiresy

Latitude: 19°58'8"S
Longitude: 46°52'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.968888888889,46.881388888889

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.

Apatite	Arsenic	Beryl	Bismutite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Mica
Monazite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Dravite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pucherite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U V Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenic Beryl Bismutite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Garnet Mica
Monazite None Quartz Rutile Scheelite Spinel Stibnite Tourmaline Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	79825	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	79825	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	79825	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	79825	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	79825	716
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	79825	518
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	79825	648
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	79825	414
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	79825	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	79825	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	79824,79825	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	79825	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	79825	17380
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	1	79825	53
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	79825	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	79825	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	79824,79825	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	79825	353
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	79825	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	79825	1214
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	79825	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	79824,79825	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R080058	Samiresy, Tritriva, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar	https://rruff.info/R080058

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