Maharitra (Manitra), Sahatany Valley, Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Bity (Ibity) area), Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

The type material of bityite was found in a pegmatite dike situated about 300 meters north of the Maharitra workings, in the Sahatany Valley.

Ref:

Lacroix, A. (1912): "Sur quelques minéraux des pegmatites du Vakinankaratra (Madagascar), Soc. franc.min 35 , 76-78.

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.

Behier, J. (1960) Contribution à la Mineralogie de Madagascar. Ann. Geol. Mad. XXIX.

Mineral List:

	'Apatite'

	Autunite

	Beryl

	Bityite (TL)

	Calcite

	Danburite

	Diopside

	Hambergite

	Lepidolite

	Microcline var: Amazonite

	Montmorillonite

	~~Palygorskite~~

	Quartz

	Spessartine

	Spodumene

	'Tourmaline Group'

	Tremolite

17 entries listed. 12 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 erroneous literature entry.

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