| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | 'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Apatite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Ankadilalana emerald mine, Ambalahosy Nord, Mananjary District, Vatovavy Fitovinany, Madagascar |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 143468 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:143468:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 9da65340-a2f7-4f38-8e2b-53146dfb3968 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Apatite |
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| 13.3km (8.3 miles) | ⓘMorafeno emerald mine, Andonabe, Mananjary District, Vatovavy Fitovinany, Madagascar |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | consistent with a sedimentary source origin. Type IA emerald REE patterns have upturns in the heavy REE (La/YbCC...occurring in Archaean host rocks. Modeling of type IA emerald compositions indicates that they form from magmatic...crustal protoliths. This geochemical signature links emerald formation with continental suture zones. Diamonds...indicating that plate tectonic processes have led to emerald deposit formation since at least the Archaean....that is responsible for the vivid green color of emerald [2]. Emeralds are scarce commodities requiring |
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