Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ampamata, Ambovombe-Androy, Androy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 273364
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273364.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ampamata, Ambovombe-Androy, Androy, Madagascar": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mafilefy Phlogopite Mine
Mandrovato Phlogopite Mine

Latitude: 24°28'42"S
Longitude: 45°38'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.478333333333,45.642222222222

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Scapolite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Anhydrite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Meionite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Opal ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Gypsum Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Scapolite Spinel Titanite Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	78600,78601	1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	78600	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	78600,78601	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	78600,78601	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	78600,78601	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	78600,78601	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	78600,78601	6890
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	78600	176
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	78600,78601	5800
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	78601	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	78600,78601	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	78600,78601	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	78600,78601	9056
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	78600	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	78600,78601	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	78600	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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