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Locality Name:
Ampasibitika, Antsirabe, Ambanja, Diana, Madagascar

Oldest recorded age at locality: 24.12
Youngest recorded age at locality: 23.52

mindat Locality ID: 73116
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73116.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ampasibitika, Antsirabe, Ambanja, Diana, Madagascar": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 13°47'23"S
Longitude: 48°12'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -13.789722222222,48.208888888889

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Columbite
Corundum	Digenite	Epidote	Eudialyte	Fluorite	Garnet	Marcasite	Monazite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Parisite	Pectolite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Steacyite	Stilbite	Thortveitite	Titanite	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	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 C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sn Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sn Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Bastnäsite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Columbite
Corundum Digenite Epidote Eudialyte Fluorite Garnet Marcasite Monazite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Parisite Pectolite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Steacyite Stilbite Thortveitite Titanite Tridymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Augite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bornite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Digenite ()*
Eudialyte ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite-(La) ()*	Ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite ()*
Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluornatropyrochlore ()*	Galena ()*	Gittinsite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Nacareniobsite-(Ce) ()*	Nepheline ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*
Pectolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Turkestanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zektzerite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	24.12	23.52	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	24.12	23.52	133
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	24.12	23.52	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	24.12	23.52	1534
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	24.12	23.52	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	24.12	23.52	2060
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	24.12	23.52	304
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	24.12	23.52	5516
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	24.12	23.52	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	24.12	23.52	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	24.12	23.52	5171
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	24.12	23.52	47
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	24.12	23.52	27198
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	24.12	23.52	89
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	24.12	23.52	1027
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	24.12	23.52	182
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	24.12	23.52	196
Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Fe³⁺AlFe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	24.12	23.52	28
Cerite-(La) ()*	Cerite	(La₆Ca₃) Fe³⁺(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	24.12	23.52	3
Ferro-ferri-fluoro-leakeite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Li)Si₈O₂₂F₂	24.12	23.52	3
Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	None	(Ca,Na)₂(Nb,Ti)₂O₆F	24.12	23.52	18
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	24.12	23.52	9617
Fluornatropyrochlore ()*	None	(Na,Pb,Ca,REE,U)₂Nb₂O₆F	24.12	23.52	10
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24.12	23.52	24243
Gittinsite ()*	Thortveitite	CaZrSi₂O₇	24.12	23.52	11
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	24.12	23.52	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	24.12	23.52	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	24.12	23.52	1271
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	24.12	23.52	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	24.12	23.52	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	24.12	23.52	5674
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	24.12	23.52	945
Nacareniobsite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na₃Nb(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	24.12	23.52	10
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	24.12	23.52	884
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	24.12	23.52	112
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	24.12	23.52	363
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	24.12	23.52	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	24.12	23.52	9056
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	24.12	23.52	375
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	24.12	23.52	353
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	24.12	23.52	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	24.12	23.52	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	24.12	23.52	189
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	24.12	23.52	232
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	24.12	23.52	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	24.12	23.52	4899
Turkestanite ()*	Steacyite	(K, )(Ca,Na)₂ThSi₈O₂₀·nH₂O	24.12	23.52	9
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	24.12	23.52	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	24.12	23.52	1247
Zektzerite ()*	None	NaLiZrSi₆O₁₅	24.12	23.52	11
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	24.12	23.52	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0180	24.12	23.52	23.82 ± 0.3		Age of alkaline dyke									73116	Ampasibitika, Antsirabe, Ambanja, Diana, Madagascar	Ampasibitika	Estrade et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.06.008	JAES94_141

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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