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:
Tsaratanana Commune, Tsaratanàna, Betsiboka, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 302825
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302825.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tsaratanana Commune, Tsaratanàna, Betsiboka, Madagascar": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ambatomitsangana
Ambohipihaonana
Analamisakana Pegmatite (Analamitsakana)
Soarano Pegmatite

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.

Arsenic	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Copper	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz	Zircon

Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Bismutotantalite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Microcline ()*	Pucherite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Topaz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Au Ba Be Bi C F Fe K O P Pb S Si Sn Ta V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Baryte Beryl Bismutite Copper Feldspar None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Spinel Stibnite Topaz Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	79197	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	79198,79199	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	79198	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	79197,79198	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	79198	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	79198	716
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄	1	79198	23
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	79198	5171
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	79198	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	79196	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	79197	30554
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	79199	4924
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	1	79198	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	79196,79197	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	79197	61156
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	79198,79199	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	79198	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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