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Locality Name:
Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 500

mindat Locality ID: 58628
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58628.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar": 128
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 95

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ambatofinandrahana
Ambositra
Ampandramaika-Malakialina Pegmatite Field
Fandriana
Manandriana

Latitude: 20°28'45"S
Longitude: 46°51'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.479166666667,46.861944444444
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cs Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenic
ArseniosideriteArthuriteAutuniteBaryteBastnäsiteBerylBismutiteBrauniteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovellite
CrichtoniteDanburiteDiasporeDufréniteDumortieriteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGraftonite
GypsumHureauliteKaoliniteLazuliteLeucophosphiteLipscombiteMalachiteMicaMilariteMolybdenite
MonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineParisitePhosphosideritePhosphuranylitePyritePyrochlore
PyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRhodiziteRockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStewartiteStibniteTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmaline
TripliteVesuvianiteVivianiteWarditeZircon

142 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)
Amblygonite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Augelite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bavenite  (*)Béhierite  (*)Berlinite  (*)Bermanite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brockite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chiavennite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinobisvanite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cookeite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Crichtonite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Danburite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Ferri-winchite  (*)Fluor-liddicoatite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goyazite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hambergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydrokenopyrochlore  (*)Hydroxykenomicrolite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)
Lipscombite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Londonite  (*)Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manandonite  (*)Massicot  (*)Microcline  (*)
Milarite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monazite-(La)  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)
Pezzottaite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Pucherite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodizite  (*)
Richterite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Stibiotantalite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Svanbergite  (*)Talc  (*)Tavorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorianite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Triplite  (*)
Trolleite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21784453419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6478383,78407,78414,784941022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6178414286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5005001878400,78420,78422,78425,78426,78427,78428,78432,78433,78437,78445,78448,78474,78478,78479,78480,78494,785068803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)500500178420706
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F478409,78412,78425,78466244
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O5005001784201627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2500500278441,784782162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51784691310
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs500500178478379
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3278409,7841279
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1784321272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21784975509
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)217843243
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)678383,78407,78414,78459,78481,7849711547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F178499304
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)500500178420255
Béhierite  (*)ZirconTa(BO4)5005001784788
Berlinite  (*)QuartzAl(PO4)17841228
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O17843255
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O185005002978395,78398,78400,78402,78403,78418,78420,78422,78423,78425,78426,78427,78428,78429,78432,78433,78434,78435,78436,78437,78439,78443,78447,78451,78458,78463,78478,78484,784914286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3278426,78486214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi500500378400,78428,784781966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3278486,784871935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)378425,78486,78487716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41784975516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)178387483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61784971633
Brockite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO4)·H2O50050017847848
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)278386,7849427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2500500278403,784205171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)378409,78412,784941252
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO217849994
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)478414,78459,78496,784974979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O178497925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2278404,7849727198
Chiavennite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(BeOH)2Si5O13·2H2O50050017842022
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1784921382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1784973531
Clinobisvanite  (*)NoneBi(VO4)50050017847836
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8378392,78394,785031756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1784451025
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6500500278478,78480289
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8178435181
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS278497,784994165
Crichtonite  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3817840727
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16500500178420599
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O17843260
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8500500478420,78458,78478,78479148
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O17843282
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6378437,78445,784764135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21784899895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O178432139
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O18978388,78412,78443,78446,78449,78450,78452,78455,78469231
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)500500278420,78478520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)378380,78407,784458173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6178447414
Ferri-winchite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)217848916
Fluor-liddicoatite  (*)TourmalineCa(Li2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F50050017847812
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1784032740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2578383,78391,78414,78415,784309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS778404,78414,78459,78486,78492,78494,7849924243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2178407286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1783877437
Gold  (*)CopperAu378463,78470,7847630554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6278409,78412173
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2278422,78432107
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1784736890
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)500500478420,78473,78478,7848081
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3678389,78407,78408,78441,78449,7849914640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16178396243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)500500178478469
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O178432125
Hydrokenopyrochlore  (*)Pyrochlore(   ,Sb3+,Na)2Nb2O6·H2O5005001784782
Hydroxykenomicrolite  (*)Pyrochlore(   ,Na,Sb3+)2Ta2O6(OH)5005001784786
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6278432,784592228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41784815591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4778380,78412,78422,78443,78447,78449,784501507
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2678388,78409,78412,78443,78449,78450232
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O178432110
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)217843247
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)178432155
Londonite  (*)RhodiziteCsBe4Al4(B11Be)O285005001784789
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2278494,7849979
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2278380,7840793
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4478407,78414,78476,7849914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217849712537
Manandonite  (*)Clay SerpentineLi2Al4(Si2AlB)O10(OH)85005001784783
Massicot  (*)NonePbO178496202
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)500500778401,78420,78432,78458,78461,78478,784944924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O500500178420156
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O178432129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2278414,784455800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)500500378420,78478,78499945
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)17849938
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1784741508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21778408,78410,78412,78422,78423,78425,78426,78427,78428,78429,78432,78434,78435,78436,78437,78445,7846617380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O500500578420,78440,78445,78478,784972994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)500500278380,784782349
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2178407112
Pezzottaite  (*)BerylCsLiBe2Al2Si6O185005001784206
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2378445,78489,784942273
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O178432182
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O500500178452140
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)17848753
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2778407,78414,78440,78473,78476,78489,7849439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl278414,784921725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85005001783809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25005005178383,78384,78388,78389,78391,78396,78403,78407,78408,78410,78411,78412,78414,78415,78418,78420,78421,78422,78423,78425,78426,78427,78428,78429,78433,78434,78437,78438,78440,78441,78443,78449,78452,78453,78454,78472,78474,78475,78478,78479,78480,78482,78489,78491,78494,78499,78502,78503,78504,78505,7850661156
Rhodizite  (*)RhodiziteKBe4Al4(B11Be)O28500500778400,78472,78474,78475,78478,78479,7848014
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2178414148
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2178499375
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5178432206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21178389,78407,78412,78418,78422,78452,78462,78463,78476,78482,784895614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)5005001784784894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)500500278478,784912705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51784431516
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1784922473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3500500578420,78425,78437,78478,785031214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17849221482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6500500378400,78420,78478688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)178422978
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17843248
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO450050017847853
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O178432263
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6178412105
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21784733337
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)17843235
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131784995317
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2178499236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1784861006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O378445,78447,784894899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2378422,78435,784661476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2378445,78473,784762562
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F278422,78432233
Trolleite  (*)NoneAl4(PO4)3(OH)3278409,7841216
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O178432890
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101784541395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O178432636
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)500500178478939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)500500678383,78414,78420,78424,78462,784865251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1784451025


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00064500500500  high    RhodiziteBe57366Ambalalehifotsy Pegmatite, Fenoarivo, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar Fernandez et al. (2003)10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00063-9PR123_87 
Be-00044500500500  high    PezzottaiteBe31039Sakavalana Mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar Fernandez et al. (2003)10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00063-9PR123_87 
Be-00012500500500  high    LondoniteBe2260Antandrokomby Pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar Fernandez et al. (2003)10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00063-9PR123_87 
Grew_Li_2019_0064500500500      Manandonite 2260Antandrokomby Pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, MadagascarAntandrokomby pegmatite, Sahatany field, south-west of Antsirabe, MadagascarFernandez et al. (2003)10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00063-9PR123_87 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060583Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R060583
FKM-82Riampotsy, Itremo Massif, Mangataboahangy, Ambatofinandrahana, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascarhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-76-to-fkm-100/#FKM-82
R060969Antandrokomby Pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R060969
R060968Antandrokomby Pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascarhttps://rruff.info/R060968

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