Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mampikony District, Sofia, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 258596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mampikony District, Sofia, Madagascar": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Betanimena Pegmatite
Mampikony Commune
Menazomby Area

Latitude: 16°20'51"S
Longitude: 47°33'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -16.3475,47.5575

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.

Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel
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 Fe H K Mn Nb O P S Si Ta Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Columbite Corundum Garnet Mica None Pyrite Quartz Spinel
Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Spessartine ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	79624,79627	4286
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	79624	5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	1	79624	148
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	79624	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	79624	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	79626	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	79624	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	79624	353
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	79627	1214
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	79624	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	79624	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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