Ampasibitika, Ampasindava Peninsula, Ambanja District, Diana (Northern) Region, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar

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(Ampasibitika, Saikanosin' Ampasindava, Distrikan' i Ambanja, Faritra Diana, Faritany Antsiranana, Madagascar)

Most of the minerals listed are found in dikes of rare-metal taxitic or foliated aegirine-riebeckite granites, a rock A. Lacroix (1922) named "fasibitikite". The locality is situated at the southeastern coast of the Ampasindava peninsula in the northwestern part of Madagascar.

References:
- Lacroix, A. (1922): Mineralogie de Madagascar, Tome I. Géologie-Minéralogie descriptive. A.Challamel (Éditeur), Paris. p 589-90
- Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Geologique A. 1871
- Ganzeev, A.A. and Grechishchev, O.K. (2003): A new genetic type of rare-metal alkali granites of Madagascar. Russian Geology and Geophysics Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 539-553.

Map Reference: 13°47'24"S , 48°12'32"E

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Mineral List:

Aegirine
Aenigmatite
Andradite
Cassiterite
'Chevkinite'
Eudialyte

Fluorite
Galena
Microlite
'Monazite'
Pectolite
Pyrochlore

Riebeckite
Samarskite-(Y)
Sphalerite
Thorite
Wollastonite
Zircon

18 entries listed. 16 valid minerals.

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