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Anjahamiary pegmatite, Tranomaro Commune, Amboasary District, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar

(Anjahamiary, Tranomaro Commune, Distrikan'i Amboasary, Faritra Anosy, Faritanin'i Toliary, Madagasikara)

Pegmatite hosted in highmetamorhic carbonates of the tectonic unit "Tranomaro group". It is located 3km SSW of the village Morafeno, south of Tranomaro, about 50 km north of Amboasary, and about 70 km NW of the town of Fort Dauphin (Tôlanaro).



References:
- Behier, J.(1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Ann.Geol. Mad. XXIX, p 56 [on the find of rhodizite]
- Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique Madagascar. A 1871
- Pezzotta, F.(2004): Der Pegmatit von Anjahamiary bei Fort Dauphin, Madagaskar. LAPIS 29 (2): 24-28
- http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Special/Pig/PIG_articles/Anjahamiary.pdf





Mineral List:
Albite
var: Cleavelandite

'Allanite'
Elbaite
'Elbaite-Liddicoatite Series'
Fluorite
'K Feldspar'
Lepidolite
Liddicoatite
Magnetite
Microcline
var: Amazonite

'Pyrochlore Group'
Quartz
var: Jasper

Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz

Rhodizite
Rossmanite ?
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
Zircon


18 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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