(Ampangabe, Distrikan' i Faratsiho, Faritra Vakinankaratra, Faritany Antananarivo, Madagasikara)
A pegmatite situated in the Sahasarotra Valley 17 km southwest of the small town Faratsiho in the Vakinankaratra region in the highland of Madagscar. It is located at the northern border of the Vavavato granite massif.
The a now discredited species "ampangabéite"(= Samarskite-(Y), was first described from this locality (Lacroix 1912)
References:
- Lacroix, A. (1912): Sur les minéraux de la pegmatite d' Ampangabe et ses environs et en particulier sur un minéral nouveau [ampangabéite]. Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie, Paris. 35, 180-199
- Lacroix, A. (1922): Mineralogie de Madagascar, Tome I. Géologie-Minéralogie descriptive. A.Challamel (Éditeur), Paris. 624p
- Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive (in part).
- Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Gélogique Madagascar. A 1871.
- 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: 1051.
Mineral List:26 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.
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