Gem mining in pegmatite. 4-6 meters wide with a length of 200 meters. Noteworthy as the type locality of pezzottaite.
References:
- Warin R., Jacques B., 2003. Le beryl-Cs d'Ambatovita, Madagascar: morphologie et aspects macroscopiques. Régne Minéral, 52: 36-41
- Brendan L., Simmons W., Pezzotta F., Falster A., 2004. The role of late-stage hydrothermal cesium remobilization in the formation of pezzottaite at the Sakavalana pegmatite, Madagascar. 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence, Italy. Session 142-Gem materials.
- Laurs B. M., Simmons W. B., Rossman G. R., Quinn E. P., McLures S. F., Peretti A., Armbruster T., Hawthorne F. C., Falster A. U., Gunter D., Cooper M. A., Grobéty B., 2003. Pezzottaite from Ambatovita, Madagascar: a new gem mineral. Gems and Gemology, 39: 284-301
- Hawthorne F. C., Cooper M. A., Simmons W. B., Falster S. U., Laurs B. M., Armbruster T., Rossman G. R., Peretti a., Gunter D., Cooper M. A., Grobéty B., 2004. Pezzottaite, Cs(Be2Li)Al2Si6O18, a spectacular new beryl-group mineral from the Sakavalana Pegmatite, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar. Mineral. Rec., 35: 369-378.
- Pezzotta F., Guastoni A., Forner H., Demartin F., Kristiansen R., 2004. Exceptional chiavennite associated with pezzottaite from the Sakavalana Pegmatite, Ambatovita, Madagascar. Web site of Mineralogical Society of America. www.minsocam.org/msa/Pegmatites.html
- Pezzotta F., 2005. Pezzottaite. Ad Ambatovita in Madagascar una scoperta tra avventura e scienza. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 30, 2: 88-103.
- Pezzotta F., 2005. La pegmatite di Ambatovita, un giacimento ricco di micro-minerali. Riv. Mineral. Ital., 30, 2: 100-101.
- Pezzotta, F., Guastoni, A., Forner, H., Demartin, F., Kristiansen, R. (2005): Découverte exceptionnelle de chiavennite associée à pezzottaite dans la pegmatite de Sakavalana, Mandrosonoro, Madagascar. Le Règne Minéral, 61, in press
- http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Special/Pig/PIG_articles/Pezzotta_Chiavennite.pdf
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