Latitude: 13°47'24"S
Longitude: 48°12'32"E
Ampasibitika, Saikanosin' Ampasindava, Distrikan' i Ambanja, Faritra Diana, Faritanin' i Antsiranana, Madagasikara
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.
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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 Géologique Madagascar. 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.
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