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Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Distrikan' i Betafo, Faritra Vakinankaratra, Faritanin' Antananarivo, Madagasikara

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Aeschynite-(Y)
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Anatase
Andalusite
Annite
Autunite
Baryte
Behierite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Morganite
'Betafite Group'
Biotite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
Clinochlore
Clinohumite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
'Columbite-(Mn)-Tantalite-(Mn) series'
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Cordierite
Danburite
Dravite
'Dravite-Schorl Series'
'Elbaite-Liddicoatite Series'
Epidote
Euxenite-(Y)
'Fergusonite'
Fergusonite-(Y)
Fersmite
Feruvite ?
Fluorapatite
var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite
Fluor-elbaite
Fluor-liddicoatite
Forsterite
Gahnite
Gedrite
Gibbsite
Goethite
Hambergite
Hematite
'Hornblende'
Hübnerite
Ilmenite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Lazulite
Lepidolite
Liddicoatite
Londonite
'Londonite-Rhodizite Series'
Magnetite
Malachite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite Group
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Orthoclase
Phenakite
Pollucite
'Psilomelane'
Pucherite
Pyrochlore Group
'Pyrochlore Supergroup'
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) (TL)
Pyromorphite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Rose Quartz
var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rhodizite
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
Rutile
var: Strüverite

Rynersonite
Samarskite-(Y)
'Scapolite'
Schiavinatoite (TL)
Schorl
Sillimanite
Spessartine
Spinel
Spodumene
Staurolite
Stibiotantalite
Talc
var: Steatite

Tantalite-(Mn)
Thorite
var: Orangite

Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
'var: Achroite'
'var: Rubellite'
Uranpyrochlore
var: Samiresite
Vermiculite
Vigezzite ?
Xenotime-(Y)
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite
var: Malacon


128 entries listed. 79 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 type locality (other).

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References

- Lacroix, A. (1899): Matériaux pour la Minéralogie de Madagascar. V. Tourmaline et klaprothite de Betafo. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 5 : 319-320 [on a find of tourmalines]

- Termier, P. (1908): Sur des gros cristaux de tourmaline de l'Ankaratra (Madagascar). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 31 : 138-142.

-Pezzotta, F. and Franchi, M. (1997): Miarolitic shallow depth pegmatites of the Betafo and Antsirabe areas, central Madagascar: genetic inferences. In: International Symposium on Geology and Mineral Resources of madagascar (Antananarivo), Program Abstracts Volume

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