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Sepiolite from
Ambondrombe, Beraketa, Bekily District, Androy, Madagascar


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Sepiolite
Formula:Mg4(Si6O15)(OH)2 · 6H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sepiolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ambondrombe, Beraketa, Bekily District, Androy, Madagascar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:535019
Long-form Identifier:1:3:535019:3
GUID (UUID V4):7bd901da-3dbf-4854-9452-8b68fb0431e3
Nearest other occurrences of Sepiolite
7.2km (4.5 miles) Ampandrandava phlogopite mine, Beraketa, Bekily District, Androy, Madagascar
38.7km (24.1 miles) Mafilefy phlogopite mine, Ampamata, Ambovombe-Androy, Androy, Madagascar
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (volume)
100. Found at several mines in the Huantajaya district, calcite, embolite, cerargyrite, bromyrite, iodyrite...as at Caracoles in Antofagasta, the Huantajaya district in Tarapaca, and especially Chanarcillo in Atacama;...Obtained in notable amounts in the Broken Hill district. New South Wales (bromian pt.). In the United...Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona; in the Rand district and in the Calico and Barstow mines, San Bernardino...in Nevada in the Bullfrog district, Nye County, and in the Rochester district, Halides 14 Humboldt
Book (edition)
(Aluminium -Saponit). An aluminian saponite. Aluminium-sepiolite. var. of scpiolitc. L.E.R. Rogers. J .P. Quirke...Norrish ( 1 956) J. Soil Sci. 7, 177. An aluminian sepiolite. Aluminiumskorodit. syn. of aluminoscorodite....Min. 38. 265. Orthorhombic. (TL) Ambatoarina. Madagascar. Named for locality. Amber. a fossil resin. Contains...Sac.fr. Min. Crist. 83. 295. (11..) Ampangabe. Madagascar. Am p h ibole. group of chain silicate minerals...28'. Z=4. (TL) Grand Reef mine. Aravaipa mining district. Graham Co .. Arizona. USA. Named from locality
 
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