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Locality Name:
Befitina, Antsirabe, Ambanja, Diana, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 275613
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275613.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Befitina, Antsirabe, Ambanja, Diana, Madagascar": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rare Earths Prospect

Latitude: 13°50'2"S
Longitude: 48°7'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.833888888889,48.1325

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.

Baddeleyite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Sphalerite	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 Ce Fe H K O S Si Th Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baddeleyite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baddeleyite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Thorianite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	79268	238
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	1	79268	94
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	79268	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	79268	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	79268	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	79268	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	79268	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	79268	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	79268	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	79268	21482
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	79268	236
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	79268	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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