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Tsiambenana quarry, Itremo massif, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

A quarry situated just SE of the village of Itremo in the central highland of Madagascar. A 300m thick horizon of fine-grained lazulite-tourmaline-dumortierite-bearing metaquartzite is exposed in the quarry.



References:
Ackermand et al. (2006): "Lazulite-bearing metaquartzite of the Itremo Group (Central Madagascar); Scientific significance and economic importance" in Proceedings of the Malagasy-German Research Cooperation in Life and Earth sciences, 5-18





Mineral List:
Amblygonite
'Apatite'
Augelite
Berlinite
Celestine
Dumortierite
Goyazite
Kyanite
Lazulite
Muscovite
Quartz
Rutile
Svanbergite
'Tourmaline'
Trolleite


15 entries listed. 13 valid minerals.

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