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Tsaramanga (Tongafeni; Itongafeno) pegmatite, Mahaiza Commune, Betafo Department, Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

(Tsaramanga (Tongafeni; Itongafeno), Kaominina Mahaiza, Departementa Betafo, Faritra Vakinankaratra, Faritany Antananarivo, Madagasikara)

The Tsaramanga or the “Itongafeno” pegmatite is hosted in coarse grained gabbro stock ("Gabbro de l’Itsindro”, intrusive complex of Ambatofinandrahana.
Known for blue beryl (Santamaria).





Mineral List:
  		•  Aeschynite-(Y)
  		• Beryl
       var: Emerald
  		• Bismite
  		• Bismutite
  		• 'Columbite'
  		• 'Columbite-Tantalite'
  		• Epidote
  		• Euxenite-(Y)
  		• Molybdenite
  		• Pucherite
  		• 'Pyrochlore Group'
  		• Quartz
    var: Amethyst
       var: Rose Quartz
  		• Rutile
       var: Ilmenorutile
       var: Strüverite
  		• Spessartine
  		• 'Tourmaline Group'
  		• Zircon


    20 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

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