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Manakana pegmatite, Manakana Commune, Tsaratanàna District, Betsiboka, Madagascari
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Manakana pegmatitePegmatite
Manakana CommuneCommune
Tsaratanàna DistrictDistrict
BetsibokaRegion
MadagascarCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
122282
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:122282:4
GUID (UUID V4):
c4879e30-9658-48ac-a7bd-9134ae725582
Name(s) in local language(s):
Manakana, Kaominin'i Manakana, Distrikan'i Tsaratanána, Faritr'i Betsiboka, Faritanin'i Mahajanga, Madagasikara


A pegmatite prospected by the Commissariat à l'Énergie in the 1950s, situated about just north of the Betsiboka river.

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6 valid minerals.

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Be3Al2(Si6O18) Beryl

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Samarskite-(Y)4.DB.25YFe3+Nb2O8
Euxenite-(Y)4.DG.05(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Xenotime-(Y)8.AD.35Y(PO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
Beryl9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
'Columbite-Tantalite'-
'Fergusonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
BeBeryllium
Be BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
OOxygen
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
O Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
O Xenotime-(Y)Y(PO4)
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
PPhosphorus
P Xenotime-(Y)Y(PO4)
KPotassium
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
TiTitanium
Ti Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
FeIron
Fe Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
YYttrium
Y Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Y Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
Y Xenotime-(Y)Y(PO4)
NbNiobium
Nb Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Nb Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
CeCerium
Ce Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
TaTantalum
Ta Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
ThThorium
Th Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
UUranium
U Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6

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Somali PlateTectonic Plate

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