Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Soamatasy, Ihosy, Ihorombe, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 300412
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300412.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Soamatasy, Ihosy, Ihorombe, Madagascar": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Ambalateva Phlogopite Deposit
Ankazomitaha Phlogopite Deposit
Ferrohögbomite-2N2S Occurrence
Ferrohögbomite-2N2S Occurrence II
Gem Scapolite Occurrence
Iambatsy Phlogopite Deposit
Maka Phlogopite Deposit
Soalika Phlogopite Deposit
Soaserana Phlogopite Deposit

Latitude: 22°43'47"S
Longitude: 46°8'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.729722222222,46.140277777778

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.

Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Scapolite	Spinel

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 Fe H K Mg O Si Th Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Fluorite Mica None Pyroxene Scapolite Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Ferrohögbomite-2N2S ()*	Meionite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Spinel ()*	Thorianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	79452,79453	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	79454	4135
Ferrohögbomite-2N2S ()*	None	(Fe,Mg,Zn,Al)₃(Al,Ti,Fe)₈O₁₅(OH)	2	79452,79453	13
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	79454	176
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	5	79450,79451,79455,79456,79457	2273
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	79452,79453	1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	79457	236

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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