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Locality Name:
Ankarinarivo Pegmatite, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar


mindat Locality ID: 58023
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58023.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ankarinarivo Pegmatite, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°3'33"S
Longitude: 46°58'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.059166666667,46.972777777778

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 Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Si Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylClayCorundumDiasporeFeldsparGarnetMicaMonaziteNoneQuartz
RutileSpinelTopazTourmalineZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Dravite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Topaz  (*)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  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0520
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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