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Tsarafara Sud (Ankadilava), Sahatany Valley, Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Ibity area), Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Tourmaline
Tsarafara Sud, Sahatany Valley, Sahatany Pegmatite Field, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

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Latitude: 20°3'12"S
Longitude: 46°57'22"E

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A complex type LCT pegmatite that in the 1980s and 1990s produced many very good samples of polychromatic tourmalines and cookeite crystals. It is situated just south of the Tsarafara Nord, an older quarry, SW of the confluence of the Ampahitra with the river Sahatany in the Sahatany Pegmatite Field, SW of the town Antsirabe in the main highland of Madagascar. The locality consits of very long deep and dangerous tunnels, some said being over 20 m long. The locality was also given the name Ankadilava in the end of 1990s.

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29 entries listed. 21 valid minerals.

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References

- Ranorosoa N (1986): Etude mineralogique des pegmatites du champ de la Sahatany, Madagascar. These de Doctorat de l`Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse.

- Lefevre, M. & Thomas, L. (1998): Les pegmatites de la vallée de la Sahatany, Madagascar. Le Règne Minéral no 19, 15-28

- Pezzotta, F. (2011): Neufunde in Madagascar-Edle Liddicoatite in Spitzenqualität. ExtraLapis 41, 66-71

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