Andakato, Tranomaro, Departementa Amboasary, Faritra Anosy, Faritany Toliary, Madagasikara
A thorianite mine situated 800 m east of Ambindandrakemba about 5 km nord-east of the village Tranomaro in the southeastern part of Madagascar. Bodies of thoriante bearing pyroxenites is here traversed by plagioclasitic veins (7-8 cm) which contains crystals of spinel, hibonite, corundum and allanite. This was one of the first localities were hibonite first was found in solid rock (Delbos 1955). It had earlier been found in an eluvial deposit nearby (in 1953).
The locality has also been named as "Ambindandrakemba 2" (Behier 1960).
References
- Delbos, L. (1955): Note sur le gisement d'un mineral nouveau " la hibonite" de' l'Androy Mandrareen" in Rapport Annuel du Service Geologique pour 1955, Tananarivo, 143-144
- Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive.
- Besaire,H.(1966): Gites mineraux de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXXIV. Tananarive, p 396
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