RhodiziteIfasina, Sahatsiho-Ambohimanjaka Commune, Ambositra District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
Photo: Jean-Marie LAURENT Ifasina, Kaominina Sahatsiho-Ambohimanjaka, Distrikan' i Ambositra, Faritra Amoron'i Mania, Faritanin' i 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 District (most of the other localities of the Sahatany pegmatite 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
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