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Locality Name:
Vakinankaratra, Madagascar


mindat Locality ID: 2264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vakinankaratra, Madagascar": 237
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 182

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Ambatolampy
Antanifotsy
Antsirabe I
Antsirabe II
Betafo
Faratsiho
Mandoto
Mt Olotsingy
Near Antsirabe

Latitude: 19°44'34"S
Longitude: 46°51'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.742777777778,46.854722222222
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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenic
AutuniteAxiniteBaryteBerylBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
ColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumDanburiteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
HumiteKaoliniteLazuliteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePhosphuranylitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRhodiziteRutile
ScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelStauroliteStibniteSulphurTalcTitaniteTopaz
TourmalineTridymiteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastoniteZircon

128 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Amesite  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Annite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Autunite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Baryte  (*)
Béhierite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bityite  (*)Boralsilite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cesiokenopyrochlore  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)
Cookeite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Danburite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)Edenite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Evansite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fersmite  (*)Fluor-elbaite  (*)
Fluor-liddicoatite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Gedrite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hambergite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lasnierite  (*)Lazulite  (*)
Lithiophilite  (*)Londonite  (*)Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manandonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pezzottaite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pollucite  (*)
Pucherite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodizite  (*)Rossmanite  (*)Rutile  (*)Rynersonite  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Sanidine  (*)Schiavinatoite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Spinel  (*)Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibiotantalite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Thermonatrite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Vránaite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)6279743,79818141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2179655,79661,79679,79680,79684,79695,79696,79699,79700,79702,79707,79709,79711,79712,79744,79766,79767,79796,79798,79801,798208803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)279696,79866706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3279737,797832353
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)417969674
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2479743,79744,79758,798662162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51797861310
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2179767356
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1796611036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2179741718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1796543250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6279646,796492060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O379699,79756,798071272
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)217969688
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)379744,79756,7978011547
Béhierite  (*)ZirconTa(BO4)679698,79700,79789,79790,79791,797968
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2179766606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O185979651,79660,79676,79677,79680,79682,79684,79687,79688,79689,79690,79692,79696,79697,79698,79699,79700,79702,79704,79711,79712,79714,79721,79722,79725,79726,79727,79735,79736,79743,79744,79753,79766,79767,79772,79775,79781,79785,79792,79793,79796,79802,79803,79808,79809,79812,79818,79825,79834,79835,79838,79839,79854,79856,79857,79859,79864,79866,798724286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3579676,79766,79818,79825,79838214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi979676,79688,79700,79702,79712,79744,79766,79796,798251966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3379818,79825,798381935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1079678,79680,79698,79743,79775,79796,79808,79818,79825,79838716
Bityite  (*)Mica ClayCaLiAl2(Si2BeAl)O10(OH)2879696,79698,79699,79700,79712,79722,79727,7979631
Boralsilite  (*)NoneAl16B6O30(Si2O7)1797004
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)779668,79699,79700,79705,79753,79777,7977927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2679697,79712,79722,79727,79776,797915171
Cesiokenopyrochlore  (*)Pyrochlore   Nb2(O,OH)6Cs1-x1797921
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1798205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2279654,7981827198
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4479680,79700,79727,79766321
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1798203531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8379814,79820,798381756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2179779236
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6579696,79697,79727,79825,79866518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O61279700,79702,79707,79711,79714,79722,79744,79789,79791,79792,79796,79818289
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8779675,79680,79688,79697,79708,79710,79712181
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18479734,79741,79804,798141008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3779645,79661,79664,79748,79750,79751,798281797
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16179796599
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O81379676,79692,79696,79698,79699,79700,79707,79766,79767,79785,79790,79796,79872148
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6279699,797254135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1079689,79697,79711,79712,79716,79722,79727,79744,79766,79825648
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2179676160
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1479684,79689,79696,79697,79700,79702,79707,79709,79711,79712,79714,79722,79727,79744520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)679676,79753,79818,79820,79838,798408173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61679647,79720,79758,79769,79772,79805,79807,79808,79811,79818,79825,79838,79849,79866,79867,79868414
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O17964656
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4379698,79798,79826196
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O6279766,7976783
Fluor-elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F279711,7976631
Fluor-liddicoatite  (*)TourmalineCa(Li2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F579696,79711,79712,79766,7987312
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F479698,79700,79714,797962740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21796829617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1797791188
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4179866445
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2279758,79804178
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3179766504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)979689,79697,79711,79712,79714,79722,79727,79744,798257437
Gold  (*)CopperAu579651,79843,79844,79845,7984630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC379642,79779,798422812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3379776,79777,797791544
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)879676,79698,79699,79709,79712,79766,79785,7987281
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2279647,79655209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31779660,79689,79697,79711,79712,79714,79722,79727,79732,79736,79743,79744,79812,79819,79825,79860,7986614640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)379676,79698,79796469
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3279661,797695433
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2579697,79698,79700,79714,79873148
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4479688,79727,79729,798385591
Lasnierite  (*)Not in a structural group(Ca,Sr)(Mg,Fe2+)2Al(PO4)31796731
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2479672,79674,79717,79758232
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)179700155
Londonite  (*)RhodiziteCsBe4Al4(B11Be)O28579700,79778,79792,79796,797989
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)NoneMg3BeAl8O1617972718
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41579664,79689,79697,79700,79711,79712,79722,79727,79743,79744,79766,79818,79824,79825,7983814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217982012537
Manandonite  (*)Clay SerpentineLi2Al4(Si2AlB)O10(OH)8279700,797023
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2379646,79654,797565674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2979655,79664,79679,79680,79682,79684,79685,79689,79692,79693,79696,79699,79700,79702,79707,79710,79714,79725,79743,79744,79746,79766,79767,79775,79785,79796,79818,79838,798684924
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O179646223
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2379818,79826,798385800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)979689,79697,79700,79711,79712,79722,79744,79818,79825945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O279699,797961508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22479677,79680,79684,79688,79689,79702,79713,79714,79721,79722,79723,79726,79727,79728,79744,79763,79766,79773,79812,79825,79835,79838,79839,7986617380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O679648,79700,79714,79756,79826,798332994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1797902349
Pezzottaite  (*)BerylCsLiBe2Al2Si6O181797106
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)479696,79700,79766,79785326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2379661,79700,797792273
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O179756182
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O279700,79796140
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)479680,79818,79825,7983853
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2379740,79779,7983839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21796423106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1798251725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81796549056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28879666,79674,79676,79677,79680,79682,79683,79684,79686,79687,79688,79689,79690,79691,79692,79693,79695,79696,79697,79698,79699,79700,79702,79706,79707,79708,79709,79710,79711,79712,79720,79721,79722,79723,79724,79726,79727,79728,79729,79730,79732,79735,79736,79738,79743,79744,79745,79746,79753,79763,79766,79767,79768,79769,79770,79778,79780,79782,79785,79786,79787,79789,79790,79791,79792,79793,79796,79797,79798,79799,79801,79808,79812,79814,79817,79818,79819,79822,79825,79838,79839,79848,79855,79860,79861,79862,79866,7986861156
Rhodizite  (*)RhodiziteKBe4Al4(B11Be)O28579698,79700,79791,79792,7979614
Rossmanite  (*)Tourmaline   (Al2Li)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)17970937
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22179661,79676,79689,79697,79700,79712,79720,79722,79727,79736,79743,79744,79766,79807,79808,79818,79819,79824,79825,79838,798665614
Rynersonite  (*)AeschyniteCaTa2O6279789,7979014
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8979660,79769,79771,79772,79808,79818,79825,79838,79866353
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)279650,79654598
Schiavinatoite  (*)ZirconNb(BO4)379789,79790,797963
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3079684,79685,79686,79687,79688,79689,79691,79693,79696,79697,79702,79707,79709,79710,79711,79712,79714,79721,79722,79723,79724,79727,79728,79729,79730,79736,79737,79744,79797,798252705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5379642,79664,798551516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32279683,79689,79696,79697,79698,79699,79700,79702,79707,79709,79711,79712,79714,79722,79727,79744,79753,79766,79818,79825,79838,798661214
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4879640,79661,79722,79727,79748,79777,79779,798281934
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61279676,79681,79684,79690,79696,79697,79699,79700,79702,79712,79766,79796688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)179783978
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO4279789,7979053
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1797572045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2379671,79676,797633337
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6279698,79796211
Thermonatrite  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)·H2O17964664
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)379743,79769,798501006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O579700,79720,79739,79743,798204899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2979676,79688,79689,79697,79722,79766,79838,79854,798641476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2479651,79671,79676,796992562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2279639,79764458
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O17975689
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1179697,79711,79712,79722,79743,79746,79767,79769,79811,79849,79866652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10279717,797771395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O379642,79646,79651636
Vránaite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl16B4Si4O381797001
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3379651,79669,797031247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1279689,79711,79712,79722,79727,79744,79766,79769,79775,79796,79825,79866939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3379661,79664,79689,79696,79697,79698,79700,79702,79711,79712,79714,79722,79726,79727,79743,79744,79766,79767,79769,79775,79796,79802,79807,79811,79818,79824,79825,79828,79831,79838,79849,79850,798665251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1796961025


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060657Mt Ibity (Mt Bity), Ibity Massif, Ibity, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R060657
R050099Mt Ibity (Mt Bity), Ibity Massif, Ibity, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R050099
X050169Mt Ibity (Mt Bity), Ibity Massif, Ibity, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/X050169
R110072Sahanivotry Market, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R110072
R060856Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R060856
R080101Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R080101
R060165Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R060165
R050672Anjanabonoina Pegmatites, Ambohimanambola, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R050672
X050129Anjanabonoina Pegmatites, Ambohimanambola, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/X050129
R080064Ampanodiana South Pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R080064
R090010Antsongombato Gem Mine, Antsentsindrano, Anosiarivo Manapa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R090010
R080058Samiresy, Tritriva, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R080058

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