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

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

Most of the minerals listed are found in an aegirine bearing granite, 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





Mineral List:
  • Aegirine
  • Aenigmatite
  • Andradite
  • Cassiterite
  • Eudialyte
  • Fluorite
  • Microlite
  • Pectolite
  • Riebeckite
  • Wollastonite


    10 entries listed. 10 valid minerals.

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