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Spinel from
Osumilite occurrence 2, Mandromodromotra, Taolagnaro District, Anosy, Madagascar


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Spinel
Formula:MgAl2O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spinel data
Locality Data:Click here to view Osumilite occurrence 2, Mandromodromotra, Taolagnaro District, Anosy, Madagascar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1297214
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1297214:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Spinel
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘOsumilite occurrence 1, Mandromodromotra, Taolagnaro District, Anosy, Madagascar
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘBeahibazaha phlogopite deposit, Ankaramena, Taolagnaro District, Anosy, Madagascar
52.3km (32.5 miles) ⓘCap Andrahomana, Andranobory, Taolagnaro District, Anosy, Madagascar
59.9km (37.2 miles) ⓘTsilamaha-Ambovonamboa phlogopite deposit, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascar
67.2km (41.8 miles) ⓘAmboasarikely, Behara, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascar
71.7km (44.5 miles) ⓘAndakato thorianite deposit (Ambindandrakemba 2), Ambindandrakemba, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascar
72.0km (44.7 miles) ⓘMorafeno thorianite deposit, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascar
72.7km (45.2 miles) ⓘAmbindandrakemba Mine, Ambindandrakemba, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascar
74.6km (46.3 miles) ⓘKotovelo thorianite deposit, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascar
75.8km (47.1 miles) ⓘOsumilite occurrence, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascar
References
Holder, Robert M., Hacker, Bradley R., Horton, Forrest, Rakotondrazafy, A. F. Michel (2018) Ultrahigh-temperature osumilite gneisses in southern Madagascar record combined heat advection and high rates of radiogenic heat production in a long-lived high-Torogen. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 36 (7) 855-880 doi:10.1111/jmg.12316
 
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