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Locality Name:
Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar


mindat Locality ID: 2248
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2248.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Ambatomanoana
Ambero
Ialamitana Pegmatites
Laimbolo
Mananjara
Marobiby
NW Of Tsilaizina Mt.
Sahanivotry Market
Tomboarivo Pegmatite
Tsilaizina Pegmatite
Vidro
Vohitrafenana

Latitude: 20°4'28"S
Longitude: 47°8'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.074444444444,47.140555555556

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Th Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAmphiboleArsenicBaryteBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteCorundumDiaspore
FeldsparGarnetMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelTitaniteTourmalineZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Dravite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6179743141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1797448803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31797372353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2279743,797442162
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2179741718
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17974411547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18479735,79736,79743,797444286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1797441966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)179743716
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6179744289
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18279734,797411008
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)179744648
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)179744520
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1797447437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3379736,79743,7974414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4279743,7974414899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)379743,79744,797464924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)179744945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217974417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217974039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2779735,79736,79738,79743,79744,79745,7974661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2379736,79743,797445614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)379736,79737,797442705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31797441214
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1797431006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O279739,797434899
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O279743,79746652
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)179744939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)279743,797445251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110072Sahanivotry Market, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R110072


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