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:
Antanimora Sud, Ambovombe-Androy, Androy, Madagascar

mindat Locality ID: 8274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Antanimora Sud, Ambovombe-Androy, Androy, Madagascar": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Amboabavo
Androtse I
Antanimora Airstrip
Antanimora Hospital Area
Antsira
Befeno
Bemaraina Phlogopite Deposit
Bevotry
Sakoanomby Ambany East

Latitude: 24°49'17"S
Longitude: 45°39'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.821388888889,45.666388888889

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Mica	None	Quartz	Sapphirine
Spinel	Titanite	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 Be C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Nb O Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Mica None Quartz Sapphirine
Spinel Titanite Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Goethite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Spinel ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	78607,78612	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	78610,78616	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	78616	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	78616	1797
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	78607	414
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	78615	7437
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	78611,78614	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	78607,78615	61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	78616	129
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	6	78609,78610,78611,78613,78614,78616	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	78613	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	78607	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-40	Antanimora Sud, Ambovombe-Androy, Androy, Madagascar	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-26-to-fkm-50/#FKM-40

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