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:
Ambatolampy Commune, Tsiroanomandidy District, Bongolava, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 301017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ambatolampy Commune, Tsiroanomandidy District, Bongolava, Madagascar": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ambohiby Massif

Latitude: 18°52'32"S
Longitude: 46°10'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.875555555556,46.181388888889

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.

Amphibole	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine
Titanite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine
Titanite Zircon

14 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	79232	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	79232	133
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	79232	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	79232	2060
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	79232	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	79232	8173
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	79232	57
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	79232	741
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	79232	79
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	79232	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	79232	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	79232	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	79232	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	79232	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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