A complex type LCT granitic pegmatite dike worked for gem
tourmaline and
rhodizite. It is located close to the Fiakarandava village, about 25 km S of Antandrokomby pegmatite in the Manandona Valley, south of the Ibity Massif and in the Amoron'i Mania Region In the central Highland of Madagascar.
References
- Pezzotta F., Falster A. U., Simmons, Wm.B. & Webber, K.L. (1997): Rhodizite from Madagascar, new localities and new chemical data. Abstracts of the First International Workshop on Petrology, Milan, Italy, September 11 to 13, 1997, Mus. Storia Nat. Sc. Nat.
-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
- Pezzotta, F. (1999): Madagaskar. Das Paradies der Mineralien und Edelsteine. Extra Lapis nr 17, pp 66(german edition)
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