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:
Ambatofangehana, Andakatany, Manandriana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 275813
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275813.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ambatofangehana, Andakatany, Manandriana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Antanetibe
Pachoud Mine (Ambatovarahina Mine)

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

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group

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 Ba C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Covellite Malachite None
Not in a structural group

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Malachite ()*
Massicot ()*	Opal ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	78497	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	78497	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	78497	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	78497	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	78496,78497	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	78497	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	78497	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	78497	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	78497	4165
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	78497	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	1	78496	202
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	78497	2994

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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