Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mandoto, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 247410
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247410.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mandoto, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Anjoma Ramartina
Ankazomiriotra
Betsohana
Fidirana
Mandoto Commune
Vinany

Latitude: 19°33'13"S
Longitude: 46°12'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.553611111111,46.209722222222

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.

Allanite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Topaz	Zircon

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Beryl ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Gahnite ()*	Hematite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Topaz ()*
Vermiculite ()*	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 Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Nb O P Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Beryl Clay Columbite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Topaz Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	79866	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	79866	2162
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	5	79856,79857,79859,79864,79866	4286
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	79866	518
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	3	79866,79867,79868	414
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	79866	445
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	79860,79866	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	79868	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	79866	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	79855,79860,79861,79862,79866,79868	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	79866	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	79866	353
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	79855	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	79866	1214
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	79864	1476
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	79866	652
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	79866	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	79866	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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