Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Morafeno, Maevatanana, Betsiboka, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 302823
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302823.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morafeno, Maevatanana, Betsiboka, Madagascar": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ambatomalaza (Ambatomalama)
Antanetibe
Bevato
Lavatrafo

Latitude: 17°38'59"S
Longitude: 47°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.649722222222,47.25

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Isomertieite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Spinel	Ullmannite

Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	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 As Be Bi C Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Ni O Pd Pt Rh S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Isomertieite Mica Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite
Pyrite Spinel Ullmannite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	79134,79135	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	79136	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	79134	321
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	79136	1188
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1	79136	119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	79136	154
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	1	79136	48
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	79136	1487
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	79136	114
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	1	79136	37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	79136	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	79136	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	79136	9056
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	79136	337
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	79136	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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