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:
Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 58234
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58234.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar": 97
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 85

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Amboamena
Amboasary
Behara
Elonty
Esira
Itakefa
Mahaly
Manevy
Maromby
Marotrana
Sakatelo
Tanandava Atsimo
Tranomaro
Tsivory

Latitude: 24°25'25"S
Longitude: 46°25'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.423611111111,46.425277777778

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baddeleyite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Lepidocrocite	Magnetoplumbite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodizite
Rutile	Sapphirine	Scapolite	Scheelite	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wollastonite	Zircon	Zirconolite

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 B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sn Th Ti V W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baddeleyite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humite Lepidocrocite Magnetoplumbite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodizite
Rutile Sapphirine Scapolite Scheelite Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Wollastonite Zircon Zirconolite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Beryl ()*
Böhmite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluoro-pargasite ()*	Fluorophlogopite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Grandidierite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Humite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Meionite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pargasite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Potassic-fluoro-pargasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodizite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*
Scheelite ()*	Serendibite ()*	Sinhalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorianite ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78764	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	78773	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	78771	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	78767	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	12	78698,78704,78712,78713,78718,78727,78734,78753,78755,78756,78763,78776	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	78693	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	78704,78752	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	78771	5509
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	78713	238
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	78764	4286
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	78691	195
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	78771,78772	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	26	78681,78684,78685,78689,78691,78693,78708,78709,78712,78713,78716,78720,78721,78723,78727,78731,78741,78757,78762,78767,78770,78771,78772,78773,78774,78775	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	78694	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	78772	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	78771,78772	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	78763,78771,78772	3531
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	78773	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	14	78708,78712,78713,78716,78727,78734,78752,78755,78759,78762,78763,78768,78773,78776	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	78771	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	78713	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	22	78684,78687,78689,78691,78697,78708,78709,78712,78713,78723,78726,78730,78731,78744,78752,78757,78761,78762,78763,78772,78773,78775	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	78727	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	78775	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	78775	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	78713,78775	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	7	78693,78708,78713,78764,78767,78771,78772	9617
Fluoro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂F₂	1	78749	9
Fluorophlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	1	78741	47
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	78727	1188
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	7	78691,78699,78743,78744,78749,78773,78775	40
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	78713	741
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	16	78708,78712,78713,78718,78719,78730,78734,78736,78752,78753,78755,78756,78762,78768,78773,78776	80
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	1	78716	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	78694,78764	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	78771	12537
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	78762	176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	78764	4924
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	78763	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	78731	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	78691,78777	2994
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	5	78698,78704,78752,78757,78773	313
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	78693	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	41	78681,78684,78685,78686,78688,78689,78691,78699,78702,78708,78709,78712,78713,78714,78716,78720,78724,78725,78727,78731,78733,78738,78739,78744,78747,78748,78749,78752,78757,78758,78760,78761,78763,78766,78767,78769,78770,78772,78773,78774,78775	2273
Potassic-fluoro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Mg₄Al)Si₆Al₂O₂₂F₂	1	78773	1
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	78693	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	78691,78693,78696,78712,78713,78750,78764,78777	61156
Rhodizite ()*	Rhodizite	KBe₄Al₄(B₁₁Be)O₂₈	1	78764	14
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	78713	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	2	78772,78775	129
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	78765	4894
Serendibite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₆Al₆]O₄[Si₆B₃Al₃O₃₆]	1	78691	19
Sinhalite ()*	Olivine	MgAl(BO₄)	1	78691	20
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	29	78684,78691,78693,78699,78702,78709,78712,78713,78714,78716,78723,78727,78728,78733,78734,78744,78752,78753,78755,78756,78762,78766,78768,78769,78771,78772,78773,78774,78776	1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	51	78681,78684,78685,78688,78690,78693,78700,78702,78706,78707,78708,78709,78710,78711,78712,78714,78715,78717,78720,78721,78723,78724,78725,78726,78727,78728,78729,78731,78733,78734,78737,78739,78747,78752,78753,78754,78755,78756,78757,78758,78760,78761,78762,78763,78766,78767,78769,78770,78771,78772,78773	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	4	78702,78750,78763,78773	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	16	78697,78705,78708,78712,78713,78723,78727,78734,78736,78752,78753,78755,78763,78767,78773,78776	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	7	78693,78697,78712,78713,78719,78742,78773	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	12	78693,78708,78709,78712,78713,78726,78749,78750,78763,78764,78770,78777	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	2	78713,78773	140

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-108	Vohibola Phlogopite Deposit, Behara, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-101-to-fkm-125/#FKM-108
R110065	Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar	https://rruff.info/R110065
FKM-191	Andranokaolo Thorianite Deposit (Andrakaholo; Andrakakolo), Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-191

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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