The now discredited mineral "ambatoarinite" was described from this locality. The mineralisation occured in pegmatitelike veins in a metamorphic limestone in contact with quartzite. In 1958, the locality consisted of 3 large boulders of a marble rock in an area with a diameter of 5-6 m. Behier (1958) was not able to find any traces of ambatoarinite in the materiale he collected at the site in 1958.
Map-coordinates are x= 621,380 Y= 466,520.
References:
- Behier, J. (1957): Travaux mineralogiques in Besaire, H. : Rapport Annuel du service geologique pour 1957. Tananarive, Madagascar. p. 257 [on Behier trying to find the locality of "Ambatoarinite"]
- Behier, J. (1958): Travaux mineralogiques in Besaire, H. : Rapport Annuel du service geologique pour 1957. Tananarive, Madagascar. p. 259-260 [on a visit on the "Ambatoarinite" locality in 1958]
- Lacroix, A. (1915) : Sur un nouveau minéral [ambatoarinite] de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société francaise de Minéralogie, Paris. XXXVIII, 265-271
- Lacroix, A. (1922): Minéralogie de Madagascar. Tome I, Paris, p. 300-301
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 293.
Mineral List:9 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.
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