(Ifasina, Kaominina Sahatsiho-Ambohimanjaka, Distrikan i Ambositra, Faritra Amoron'i Mania, Faritany Fianarantsoa, Madagasikara)
Located 2,5 km S of Antandrokomby, south of the Ibity Massif, and in the southern part of the Sahatany Pegmatite Field, in the central Highland of Madagascar. It is located inside the border of Amoron'i Mania Region and Ambositra Department (most of the other localities of the Sahatany pegmatite Field are located in the neigbour Vakinankaratra region).
Especially known for small pale yellow rhombododecahedral rhodizite crystals, loose or embedded in a typical kaolinintized matrix.
References:
- Robinson, G. W. & King, V. T. (1993): What’s New in Minerals ? Annual world summary of mineral discoveries covering april 1992 trough april 1993. Mineralogical Record 24: 392
-Pezzotta F., Falster A. U., Simmons W. B., Webber K. L. (1998) New data on rhodizite from Madagascar. 17th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Abstracts & Programme, August 9-14, Toronto, Canada, p. A153
Mineral List:4 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.
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