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Locality Name:
Antsentsindrano, Anosiarivo Manapa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar


mindat Locality ID: 275538
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275538.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Antsentsindrano, Anosiarivo Manapa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Antsongombato Gem Mine

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

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 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: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteArsenicBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteCoronaditeDanburiteFeldspar
MicaNonePyroxeneQuartzRhodiziteSmectite-vermiculiteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1797968803
Béhierite  (*)ZirconTa(BO4)1797968
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181797964286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1797961966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)179796716
Bityite  (*)Mica ClayCaLiAl2(Si2BeAl)O10(OH)217979631
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6179796289
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16179796599
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8179796148
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1797962740
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)179796469
Londonite  (*)RhodiziteCsBe4Al4(B11Be)O281797969
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1797964924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1797961508
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O179796140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217979661156
Rhodizite  (*)RhodiziteKBe4Al4(B11Be)O2817979614
Schiavinatoite  (*)ZirconNb(BO4)1797963
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6179796688
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6179796211
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)179796939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1797965251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R090010Antsongombato Gem Mine, Antsentsindrano, Anosiarivo Manapa, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R090010


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