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Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

(Faritra Vakinankaratra, Faritany 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 Antsirabe which also is a center for mineral trade. These names often occurs on labels but are not strictly localities just marketplaces.




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


Mineral List:
  • Aeschynite-(Y)
  • Albite
       var: Cleavelandite
  • 'Allanite'
  • Allanite-(Ce)
  • 'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
  • 'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
  • Amesite
  • Anatase
  • Annite
  • Anorthite
    var: Bytownite
       var: Labradorite
  • 'Apatite'
  • Apatite-(CaF)
    var: Manganese-bearing Apatite-(CaF)
  • Aragonite
  • Arsenic
  • Ashanite
  • Augite
  • Autunite
  • Axinite-(Mn)
  • Baryte
  • Behierite (TL)
  • Beryl
       var: Emerald
       var: Morganite
  • Betafite (TL)
  • Biotite
  • Bismite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bismutite
  • Bityite (TL)
  • Calcite
  • Cassiterite
  • 'Chalcedony'
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chevkinite-(Ce)
  • Chrysoberyl
  • Clinobisvanite
  • Clinochlore
    var: Ripidolite
  • 'Clinoptilolite'
  • Columbite
  • Columbite-(Fe)
  • Columbite-(Mn)
  • 'Columbite-Tantalite'
  • Cookeite
  • Cordierite
  • Corundum
    var: Ruby
       var: Sapphire
  • Danburite
  • Diopside
  • Dravite
  • Edenite
  • Elbaite
       var: Tsilaisite
  • 'Elbaite-Liddicoatite Series'
  • Epidote
  • Evansite
  • Euxenite-(Y)
  • 'Faratsihite'
  • 'Fergusonite'
  • Fersmite
  • Feruvite
  • Fluorite
  • Gahnite
  • Gibbsite
  • Goethite
  • Gold
  • Hambergite
  • Hastingsite
  • Hematite
  • 'Heulandite'
  • Hübnerite
  • Ilmenite
  • Ixiolite
       var: Wolframoixiolite
  • 'K Feldspar'
  • Lazulite
  • Lepidolite
  • Liddicoatite (TL)
  • Lithiophilite
  • Londonite (TL)
  • 'Londonite-Rhodizite Series'
  • Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S
  • Magnetite
  • Manandonite (TL)
  • Marcasite
  • Microcline
       var: Amazonite
  • Microlite
  • Mirabilite
  • Molybdenite
  • 'Monazite'
  • Monazite-(Ce)
  • Montmorillonite
  • Muscovite
       var: Damourite
       var: Fuchsite
       var: Gilbertite
  • 'Olivine'
  • Opal
  • Palygorskite
  • Phenakite
  • Phlogopite
  • Phosphuranylite
  • Pollucite
  • 'Psilomelane'
  • Pucherite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrochlore
  • 'Pyrochlore Group'
  • Pyromorphite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Amethyst
       var: Rose Quartz
       var: Rutilated Quartz
       var: Smoky Quartz
  • Rhodizite
  • Rutile
       var: Ilmenorutile
       var: Strüverite
  • Rynersonite ?
  • Samarskite-(Y)
  • Sanidine
  • 'Scapolite'
  • Scheelite
  • Schiavinatoite (TL)
  • Schorl
  • 'Schorl-Dravite Series'
  • Sillimanite
  • Spessartine
  • Spinel
       var: Chromspinel
       var: Ferropicotite
  • Spodumene
       var: Kunzite
  • Stibiotantalite
  • Sulphur
  • Talc
  • Tantalite
  • Tantalite-(Mn)
  • Thermonatrite
  • Thorite
       var: Orangite
  • Titanite
  • Topaz
  • 'Tourmaline'
       'var: Achroite'
       'var: Rubellite'
  • Tremolite
  • Uranmicrolite
  • Uranocircite
  • Uranpyrochlore
    var: Samiresite
  • Uvite
  • Vermiculite
  • Vesuvianite
  • Vigezzite ?
  • Vivianite
  • Xenotime-(Y)
  • Zinnwaldite
  • Zircon
       var: Cyrtolite
       var: Hafnian Zircon
       var: Malacon
  • Zoisite


    166 entries listed. 106 valid minerals. 7 type localities (valid minerals). 3 erroneous literature entries.

    Localities in this Region:
    Madagascar
     
    • Antananarivo Province
      • Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region)
          • Ambano Commune
            • Mount Ikaka
            • FKT Antsentsindrano
    Madagascar
     
    • Antananarivo Province
      • Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region)
        • Betafo Department

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