Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

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Faritra Vakinankaratra, Faritanin' Antananarivo, Madagasikara

Vakinankaratra is the name of a region situated in the main Highland of Madagascar. Many foreign papers on minerals or labels on minerals from this region has often refered to this region as "Antsirabe-Betafo region".
Minerals from a large number of localities are often brought to the nearest market place where they are sold as gem materiale or minerals for collections. Some of the main marketplaces for minerals in Vakinankaratra are listed here: Ibity market, Sahanivotry , Ambohimanambola, Mahaiza and the town Antsirabé which also is a center for mineral trade. These names often occurs on labels but are not strictly localities just marketplaces.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Aeschynite-(Y) Albite var: Cleavelandite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' 'Allanite' Allanite-(Ce) 'Almandine-Pyrope Series' 'Almandine-Spessartine Series' Amesite Anatase Andalusite Annite Anorthite var: Bytownite var: Labradorite 'Apatite' Aragonite Arsenic 'Asbestos' Ashanite Augite Autunite Axinite-(Mn) Baryte Behierite (TL) Beryl var: Aquamarine var: Morganite 'Betafite Group' Biotite Bismite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bismutite Bityite (TL) Brockite Calcite Cassiterite 'Chabazite' Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite-(Ce) Chrysoberyl Chrysocolla Clinobisvanite Clinochlore var: Ripidolite Clinohumite 'Clinoptilolite' Columbite Columbite-(Fe) Columbite-(Mn)

'Columbite-(Mn)-Tantalite-(Mn) series' 'Columbite-Tantalite' Cookeite Cordierite Corundum var: Ruby var: Sapphire Danburite Diopside Dravite 'Dravite-Schorl Series' Edenite Elbaite 'Elbaite-Liddicoatite Series' 'Elbaite-Schorl Series' Epidote Euxenite-(Y) Evansite 'Faratsihite' 'Feldspar Group' 'Fergusonite' Fergusonite-(Y) Fersmite Feruvite ? Fluorapatite var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite Fluor-elbaite Fluorite Fluor-liddicoatite (TL) Forsterite Gahnite 'Garnet' Gedrite Gibbsite Goethite Gold Graphite Grossular ? Hambergite Hastingsite Hematite 'Heulandite' 'Hornblende' Hübnerite Ilmenite Ixiolite var: Scandian Ixiolite (of von Knorring) var: Wolframoixiolite 'K Feldspar' 'var: Adularia' Lazulite

Lepidolite Liddicoatite Lithiophilite Londonite (TL) 'Londonite-Rhodizite Series' Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S Magnetite Malachite Manandonite (TL) Marcasite Microcline var: Amazonite Microlite Group var: Cesstibtantite var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977) Mirabilite Molybdenite 'Monazite' Monazite-(Ce) Montmorillonite Muscovite var: Damourite var: Fuchsite var: Gilbertite 'Olivine' Opal Orthoclase Palygorskite 'Perthite' Phenakite Phlogopite Phosphuranylite Pollucite 'Psilomelane' Pucherite Pyrite Pyrochlore Group 'Pyrochlore Supergroup' var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) (TL) Pyrolusite ? Pyromorphite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Amethyst var: Chalcedony var: Citrine var: Rose Quartz var: Rutilated Quartz var: Smoky Quartz Rhodizite Rutile

Rutile var: Ilmenorutile var: Strüverite Rynersonite Samarskite-(Y) Sanidine 'Scapolite' Scheelite Schiavinatoite (TL) Schorl Sillimanite Spessartine Spinel var: Chromspinel var: Ferropicotite Spodumene var: Kunzite Staurolite Stibiotantalite Sulphur Talc var: Steatite Tantalite Tantalite-(Mn) Thermonatrite 'Thomsonite' Thorite var: Orangite Titanite Topaz 'Tourmaline' 'var: Achroite' 'var: Rubellite' Tremolite Tridymite Tsilaisite ? Uranocircite Uranpyrochlore var: Samiresite Uvite Vermiculite Vesuvianite Vigezzite ? Vivianite Xenotime-(Y) Zinnwaldite Zircon var: Cyrtolite var: Hafnian Zircon var: Malacon Zoisite

221 entries listed. 126 valid minerals. 6 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other). 3 erroneous literature entries.

Localities in this Region

Madagascar Antananarivo Province Vakinankaratra Region Ambatolampy District Mt. Tsiafajavona Antanifotsy District Antsampandrano Commune Rafanjaka Sarobaratra Antsirabé 2 District Ambano Commune Ambano Ambano Pegmatite Ampantaka Anjomakely Ibity Commune Ibity Market Ibity massif Analambano Mt Ibity (Mt Bity) Pegmatite SE of Mt.Kiboy Manandona Commune Ranomainty Sahanivotry Manandona Commune Ambero Antsotsora Ialamitana Sahanivotry (Isahanivotry) Tomboarivo pegmatite Soamiakatra Tsarahonenana Sahanivotry Commune Tsarahonenana Massif Vinaninkarena Commune Antsolifara Vinaninkarena Uranium deposit Antsirabé City Mt Ivohitra Sahatsio Bridge Betafo District Alarobia Bemaha Commune Bezavona Betaimboraka Ambohimanambola Commune Anjanabonoina pegmatites Sarodivotra Jolphe's prospect Ambohimasina Commune Inanatonana Lohavalala pegmatite Sahamandrevo pegmatite Andrembesoa Commune Ambondrona pegmatite Ampanivana area Ampanivana pegmatite Itrafo (Trafo) Ampozana Massif Ankonahona Antananolofotsy FKT Antsentsindrano Antsongombato gem mine Imalo Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field Ampanodiana North pegmatite Ampanodiana South pegmatite Ampasogona (Ampasagona) pegmatite Tetezantsio pegmatites (Antetezantsio) Anjoman-dRamartinina Commune Ambatomanga Ambohipisaka Ankarongana Amparikaolo pegmatite Beombiaty Bevitsika Massif Ankazomiriotra Commune Ambalanihazofotsy (Ambalanihasofotsy) pegmatite Beronono Betafo Commune Ambohibe Ambolotara Mandro

Madagascar Antananarivo Province Vakinankaratra Region Betafo District Fefena pegmatite Fidirana Commune Ambalahazo Ambatofotsikely pegmatite Fitamalama Iamalaza Laondany Mahaiza Commune Ambohitranana Ansahasaha Mahaiza Manindroa Tsaramanga (Tongafeno) pegmatite Tsaramoka Manapa pegmatite Field Ambalabe pegmatite Ambatomigaby Ambesabora pegmatite Antsikoza pegmatite Manapa Maropapango Tritriva Commune Andavampanenona Samiresy Vavato massif Vohitrakanga pegmatite Faratsiho District Ambatovohangy pegmatite Ampangabé pegmatite Andranomadio Antanifotsy pegmatite Belamosina Ingalana pegmatite Marofahitra Miarirano Mt. Irifatra Roadcut Faratsiho Manendrika Mt. Olotsingy Near Antsirabé Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Ibity area) Ambolo quartz mine Manandona Valley Antandrokomby pegmatite Besesitra pegmatite Unnamed pegmatite 150 NW of Antandrokomby Sahatany Valley Ambalamafana Ambatolampy Ambatomalaza (Vohimasina) Ambatonapetraka (Miandrarivo) pegmatites Ambohitravorano Ampano Ampatsikahitra (Ampasihiatra) pegmatites Andrianampy Ankarinarivo pegmatite Ankitsikitsika Antaboaka North Antaboaka South Antanetinilapa (Estatoby) Antsahavola Antsofimbato pegmatites Ilapa Ilontsa (Ilotsa) Maharitra (Manitra) Manjaka (Ampatika; Sahananana) Marirana (Andasy) Maroando Mt. Vohimasina Samizaza Tamponilapa Tompoambohitra (Tokambohitra) Tsarafara Nord (Ambalaroy) Tsarafara Sud (Ankadilava) Tsilaizina (Tsilaisina) pegmatite Vohidahy

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