Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Tuléar Province (Toliara), Madagascar

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Distrikan'i Amboasary (L'Androy Mandraréen), Faritra Anosy, Faritanin'i Toliary, Madagasikara

The Amboasary District, especially the area north of the town Amboasary and on the eastern side of the river Mandrare; - from Behara to Esira- is famous for its many thorianite and phlogopite deposits.
This area has been, in earlier maps and writings, named (in french ): L'Androy Mandraréen. The name Androy (stricto sensu) is today the name of the area and the administrative region west of the river Mandrare.
Thus the name "L'Androy Mandraréen" refers not to the Androy region but to the northern area in the Amboasary district.

Labels:

Old (and newer) labels with minerals from the Anosy region can have a reference to Androy (ex. locality, Androy, Fort Dauphin)- thus meaning "L'Androy Mandraréen" and not the Androy Region.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Albite var: Cleavelandite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' 'Allanite' Almandine Amphibole Supergroup Andradite Anhydrite Anorthite var: Bytownite var: Labradorite 'Apatite' Arsenopyrite Augite var: Fassaite Azurite Baddeleyite Beryl 'Biotite' Böhmite Bornite Calcite Cassiterite Chalcocite

Chalcopyrite 'Chevkinite' Chrysocolla Cordierite Corundum var: Ruby var: Sapphire Covellite 'Davidite' Diaspore Diopside Elbaite 'Elbaite-Liddicoatite Series' 'Feldspar Group' Fluorapatite Fluor-cannilloite Fluorite Fluorophlogopite Grandidierite Hedenbergite Hibonite (TL) Humite

'Humite Group' 'K Feldspar' Lepidolite Magnetite Malachite Microcline var: Amazonite 'Monazite' Mottramite Muscovite Opal Pargasite Perovskite Phlogopite Potassic-fluoro-pargasite (TL) Pyrite 'Pyrochlore Supergroup' 'Pyroxene Group' Quartz var: Amethyst var: Chalcedony var: Jasper var: Smoky Quartz

Rhodizite Rutile Sapphirine 'Scapolite' 'var: Wernerite' Scheelite 'Serpentine Group' Spinel var: Pleonaste Thorianite var: Uranothorianite Thorite var: Orangite Thorogummite Titanite 'Tourmaline' 'var: Indicolite' Wollastonite Zircon Zirconolite

91 entries listed. 54 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Madagascar Tuléar Province (Toliara) Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region) Amboasary District Amboamena Amboasarikely Andrakaholo Antanifotsy thorianite deposit Behara Commune Bevaho South phlogopite deposit (Renara) Esatra thorianite deposit Vohibola phlogopite deposit (Vohibolo; Vohiboly) Bevia Esira Commune Ampamatoa Androbe Unnamed pegmatite Unnamed pegmatite 2 Esira area Sahakondro Itakefa Manevy Commune Beampingaratra Massif Maromby Commune Ambakitany thorianite deposit (Anjahamaronono) Ambonaivo Group Ambonaivo thorianite deposit (Amboanaivo) Antanambao thorianite deposit Befiamy-Belamoto thorianite deposit Andranondambo phlogopite deposit Andranondambo sapphire deposits Andriandambo thorianite deposit Anikilivalo thorianite deposit Ankazoabo sapphire deposit Ankazoabo thorianite deposit Belafa area Andoloabo 1 thorianite deposit Andoloabo 2 thorianite deposit Andrambohetra thorianite deposit Andranomitrohy thorianite deposit Belafa East thorianite deposit Belafa thorianite mine

Madagascar Tuléar Province (Toliara) Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region) Amboasary District Maromby Commune Belafa area Belafa West thorianite deposit Marosohy thorianite deposit (Marosohihy) Sakoatelo thorianite deposit Bemanteza thorianite deposit Besakoa Betanimena thorianite deposit Esiva deposit Esiva eluvials Soafia thorianite deposit Unnamed Fluorophlogopite occurrence Unnamed wollastonite occurrence Marotrana Sakatelo Tranomaro-Maromby area Tranomaro Commune Ambatomika Ambindandrakemba Analalava North (Ambindandrakemba 4) Analalava South (Ambindandrakemba 3) Andakato thorianite deposit (Ambindandrakemba 2) Androtsabo north (Ambindandrakemba 5) Amboanemba-East thorianite deposit Amboanemba-South thorianite deposit Amboasary Analana thorianite deposit Anara thorianite deposit Andranokaolo thorianite deposit (Andranokolo) Androtsabo (Androtsabo South; Marovoalava) Anjahamiary pegmatite Ankarahara Ankerotsy thorianite deposit Ankolitrazo thorianite deposit (Ankolitrazo-Andavabe) Eroboka thorianite deposit Ilapality thorianite deposit Kotovelo thorianite quarry Morafeno Vohimena deposit (Vohimena Nord) Tsilamaha-Ambovonamboa phlogopite deposit Tsivory Commune

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