Befanamo pegmatite, Beronono Commune, Anjozorobe District, Analamanga, Madagascar
Terminated crystal Size: 1,3 X 0,6 cm Collection and photo: Arliguie M
© Arliguie M
Ending and big crystal (1,2 X 2cm) of this rare mineral (world production: 50 Kg in 1953; J. Behier ref.) Collection and photo: M Arliguie
© M Arliguie
Thortveitite. Specimen is from the collection of the Smithsonian Institute, Museum of Natural History (1976). Scale at bottom of image is an inch with a rule at one cm.
© Rock Currier
A 2.2 cm crystal of Thortveitite variety befanamite. Ex E. Schlichter collection. C. Stefano collection #3798.
© C. Stefano '11
Crystal; 2.2 cm long; After several years of trying to find one of these from this locality, I finally did at this year's Denver show. With nice luster too. Woo hoo!
