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Ambatofotsikely pegmatite, Fidirana Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Monazite
Ambatofotsikely pegmatite, Fidirana Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Ambatofotsikely, Kaominina Fidirana, Distrikan' i Betafo, Faritra Vakinankaratra, Faritanin' Antananarivo, Madagasikara

A granite LCT pegmatite, Beryll-Columbite subtype. It is situated ca 55 km NE of the town Betafo, and 20 km NE of Mandoto.

Mineral List

'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Anatase
Beryl
'Biotite'
'Columbite'
Columbite-(Fe)
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Euxenite-(Y)
'Fergusonite'
Gahnite
Hematite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile

Samarskite-(Y)
Spessartine
Vermiculite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon
var: Malacon



23 entries listed. 13 valid minerals.

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References

- Lacroix, A. (1922): Minéralogie de Madagascar. Tome 2. Minéralogie appliquée, lithologie. Augustin Challamel (Éditeur), Paris. p. 278-279.

- Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique Madagascar. A 1871

- Besairie H. (1966): Les Gites Minéraux de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar, Tananarive. 34, p. 390

- Tarantino, S. C, Zema M. (2005): Mixing and ordering behavior in manganocolumbite-ferrocolumbite solid solution: A single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. American Mineralogist 90: 1291-1300. [sample of Columbite-(Fe) from Ambatofotsikely used in this study]

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