RubelliteMaharitra, Sahatany Valley, Sahatany Pegmatite Field, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Photo: ARLIGUIE M The type material of bityite was found in a pegmatite dike situated about 300 meters north of the Maharitra workings, in the Sahatany Valley.
References
- Lacroix, A. (1908): Sur une nouvelle espèce minérale [bityite] et sur les minéraux qu'elle accompagne dans les gisements tourmalinifères de Madagascar. Comptes rendus de l' Academié des Sciences, Paris CXLVI, 1367-1371
- Lacroix, A. (1908): Les minéraux des filons de pegmatites à tourmaline litique de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie, Paris 31, 218-247. [especially on bityite from Maharitra]
- Lacroix, A. (1912): Sur quelques minéraux des pegmatites du Vakinankaratra (Madagascar). Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie, Paris 35 , 76-84
- 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: 371.
- Strunz, H. (1956): Bityit, ein Berylliumglimmer. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 107, 325-330
- Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive
- Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Gélogique Madagascar. A 1871.
Mineral List
24 entries listed. 16 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 erroneous literature entry.
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