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Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

(Distrikan' i Betafo, Faritra Vakinankaratra, Faritany Antananarivo, Madagasikara)

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




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


Mineral List:
'Adularia'
Aeschynite-(Y)
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
'Allanite'
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Anatase
Andalusite
Annite
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)

Autunite
Behierite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Morganite
Betafite (TL)
Biotite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismutite
Calcite
'Chalcedony'
Chalcocite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
Clinochlore
Clinohumite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Danburite
Dravite
'Dravite-Schorl Series'
Elbaite
'Elbaite-Liddicoatite Series'
Epidote
Euxenite-(Y)
'Fergusonite'
Fersmite
Feruvite
Forsterite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Gahnite
Gedrite
Gibbsite
Hambergite
Hematite
Hübnerite
Ilmenite
'K Feldspar'
Lazulite
Lepidolite
Liddicoatite
Londonite
'Londonite-Rhodizite Series'
Magnetite
Malachite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Orthoclase
Phenakite
Pollucite
Pucherite
Pyrochlore
'Pyrochlore Group'
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Citrine
var: Rose Quartz
var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rhodizite
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
var: Strüverite
Rynersonite
Samarskite-(Y)
Schiavinatoite (TL)
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


261 entries listed. 71 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Madagascar
 
  • Antananarivo Province
    • Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region)
      • Betafo District
          • Mount Ikaka
          • FKT Antsentsindrano

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