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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.




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:
Albite
'Apatite'
Autunite
Beryl
Betafite
Biotite
Bityite (TL)
Calcite
Danburite
Diopside
Grossular ?
Hambergite
Lepidolite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Montmorillonite
Palygorskite
Quartz
var: Rose Quartz
Spessartine
Spodumene
'Tourmaline'
'var: Rubellite'
Tremolite


24 entries listed. 16 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 erroneous literature entry.

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