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Locality Name:
Beronono, Anjozorobe, Analamanga, Madagascar


mindat Locality ID: 300957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300957.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beronono, Anjozorobe, Analamanga, Madagascar": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Befanamo Pegmatite

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 Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Sc Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneQuartzRutile
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelThortveititeTourmalineZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Thortveitite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181785244286
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6178524518
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6178524414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4178524196
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317852414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31785245433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417852414899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1785244924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217852417380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217852461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21785245614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8178524353
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1785242705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31785241214
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O717852454
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O178524652
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)178524939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1785245251



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