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Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

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

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References

- Lacroix, A. (1908): Les minéraux des filons de pegmatite á tourmaline lithique de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Francaise de Minéralogie 31: 218- 247
- Pezzotta, F. and Franchi, M. (1997): Miarolitic shallow depth pegmatites of the Betafo and Antsirabe areas, central Madagascar: genetic inferences. In: International Symposium on Geology and Mineral Resources of Madagascar (Antananarivo), Program Abstracts Volume.

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