Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mahaly, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 309735
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309735.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mahaly, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Antanifotsy Thorianite 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.

Clay	Fluorite	Mica	None	Spinel	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 H K Mg O Si Th

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Fluorite Mica None Spinel Zircon

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Phlogopite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	78702	2273
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	78702	1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	78702	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	78702	1006

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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