Sarodivotra, Anjanabonoina pegmatites, Mount Ikaka, Ambohimanambola Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Discovered when the outcrop was exposed by a torrential rain in March, 1995. A significant vein of pegmatite in a locality called Sarodivotra by local miners. One of the Anjanabonoina pegmatite bodies. A pegmatite with a NYF geochemical signature (De Vito et al 2006).

References:
De Vito, C., Pezzotta, F., Ferrini, V., and Aurisicchio, C. (2006) Nb-Ti-Ta oxides in the gem-mineralized and "hybrid" Anjanabonoina granitic pegmatite, central Madagascar: A record of magmatic and postmagmatic events. Canadian Mineralogist. 44: 87-103.