Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Antsongombato Gem Mine, Antsentsindrano, Anosiarivo Manapa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 2262
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2262.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Antsongombato Gem Mine, Antsentsindrano, Anosiarivo Manapa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Arsenic	Beryl	Bismutite	Clay	Columbite	Coronadite	Danburite	Feldspar
Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodizite	Smectite-vermiculite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Béhierite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bityite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Danburite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Londonite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodizite ()*	Schiavinatoite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*
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 Cs F H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Ta W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Bi C Ca Cs F H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Ta W Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Arsenic Beryl Bismutite Clay Columbite Coronadite Danburite Feldspar
Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rhodizite Smectite-vermiculite Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Béhierite ()*	Zircon	Ta(BO₄)	8
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Bityite ()*	Mica Clay	CaLiAl₂(Si₂BeAl)O₁₀(OH)₂	31
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	289
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	148
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	469
Londonite ()*	Rhodizite	CsBe₄Al₄(B₁₁Be)O₂₈	9
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodizite ()*	Rhodizite	KBe₄Al₄(B₁₁Be)O₂₈	14
Schiavinatoite ()*	Zircon	Nb(BO₄)	3
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	211
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R090010	Antsongombato Gem Mine, Antsentsindrano, Anosiarivo Manapa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar	https://rruff.info/R090010

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