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:
Andakatany, Manandriana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 300482
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300482.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Andakatany, Manandriana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ambatoarina
Ambatofangehana
Ambohimiary
Andakatany Deposit

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Massicot ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite-(La) ()*	Opal ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thorianite ()*

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 Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K La Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Th

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Bastnäsite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Corundum Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	78494	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78494	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	78497	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	78497	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	78499	304
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	78497	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	78497	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	78494	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	78494	1252
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	1	78499	94
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	2	78497,78499	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	78494,78499	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	78499	14640
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	78494,78499	79
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	78499	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	78497	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	1	78496	202
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78494	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	78499	945
Monazite-(La) ()*	Monazite	La(PO₄)	1	78499	38
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	78497	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	78494	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	78494	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	78494,78499	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	78499	375
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	78499	5317
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	78499	236

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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