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Microcline from
Antandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Habit:crude crystals up to 6 cm
Colour:pale grey
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ4 photos of Microcline associated with Quartz at this locality.
Rhodiziteⓘ3 photos of Microcline associated with Rhodizite at this locality.
Manandoniteⓘ1 photo of Microcline associated with Manandonite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Antandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:47518
Long-form Identifier:1:3:47518:9
GUID (UUID V4):290a61fa-4594-4114-bc35-802c7a50ab5d
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘTsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘAntsahanana quarry, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘManjaka, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
20.2km (12.6 miles) ⓘTompoambohitra (Tokambohitra), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
20.7km (12.9 miles) ⓘMaharitra, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
20.7km (12.9 miles) ⓘAnkarinarivo pegmatite, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
21.5km (13.4 miles) ⓘEstatoby (Antanetinilapa), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘAmbatomalaza (Vohimasina), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
21.9km (13.6 miles) ⓘAmpatsikahitra pegmatites, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘAntemitra, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ANALOGUE OF RHODIZITE FROM THE ANTANDROKOMBY GRANITIC PEGMATITE, MADAGASCAR WILLIAM B. SIMMONS§ Department...with rhodizite at Antandrokomby, a dike of granitic pegmatite in the Manandona valley, Antsirabe region...in the Betafo region south of Mahaiza, all in Madagascar. Londonite occurs in the inner zones and in miarolitic...in red tourmaline. Associated minerals include microcline, quartz, albite, tourmaline (elbaite – liddicoatite...calculated from an average of five analyses from Antandrokomby is: (Cs0.48K0.38Rb0.09Na0.03Ca0.02Mn0.01)âŒș1
Report (issue)
13.769(9) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Antandrokomby, Madagascar. 6.92 (100), 3.447 (80), 2.376 (35), 4...97 0.48 0.20 14.10 100.22 5.84 (1) Antandrokomby, Madagascar. (2) Do.; combined wet chemical analysis...quartz, microcline, albite. Distribution: Madagascar. Name: At the Antandrokomby pegmatite, on the...the Manandona River, Sahatany Valley, For the Manandona River, nearby the type locality in Madagascar....ece min¶erale (manandonite) des pegmatites de Madagascar. Bull. Soc. fr. Min¶eral., 35, 223{226 (in French)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bones. ..- RECENT MINING AT THE ANTANDROKOMBY PEGMATITE, MADAGASCAR J. W Nizamofl’ A. U.FalsteG’ F. Pezzotu...Earth Science Dept., Adrian, MI 49221. The Antandrokomby pegmatite is a steeply dipping dike located about...kilometers south of Antsirabe, in the Manandona Valley, Madagascar. The dike strikes approximately northeast...observed dimensions of the pegmatite are 350 x 1.2 meters. Geochemically, the pegmatite is classified within...overgrowth on microcline, and as pale blue feltlike masses on the pocket floor. Pale gray microcline, exhibiting
Report (issue)
The Natural History Museum of Milan and its Madagascar Collection The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale... the museum began paleontologic fieldwork in Madagascar (upper Permian fauna and Jurassic and Cretaceous...fieldwork in Madagascar in 1996 in collaboration with other institu­ tions in Madagascar, Italy, and the...Pezzotta has spent a total of twenty­ nine months in Madagascar making geological-mineralogical surveys. In collaboration...both classic and new minerals and gemstones from Madagascar opened at the Natural History Museum in Milan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(both cotype localities) and Alabashka granitic pegmatite fields, Central Urals, Russia. All are Cs-dominant...structure-type, infrared spectrum, granitic pegmatite, Urals, Russia, Madagascar. Sommaire Ce travail porte sur...sodalite, spectre infrarouge, pegmatite granitique, Ourales, Russie, Madagascar. Introduction Rhodizite and...years of 20th century, rhodizite was found in Madagascar, where it is a relatively common mineral of many...localities in Madagascar. Both K- and Cs-dominant samples have been found in Madagascar pegmatites. Until
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1980). It occurs sparingly with axinite in a pegmatite near Butte, Montana, where it was originally misidentified...crystals to 10 cm across were found in the 527 pegmatite exposed in the Jensen quany, Riverside County...long and 9 cm across associated with elbaite, microcline, and stilbite) and the Chuqui mine at Rosa de...Norway. Danburite has been reported from several Madagascar localities. Large yellow crystals have been recovered...Andina; at Imalo south of Betafo; and Antandrokomby pegmatite (Nizamoff et al. 2000). Excellent danburite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Antlerite, Utah, 244 Apatite, Bahia, Brazil, 38; Madagascar, 256; Michigan, 96; Ohio, 255 Aquamarine, Minas... Miguel Arrojado Ribeiro Listoa, 47 Arsenic, Madagascar, 256 Arsenopyrite, Colorado, 337; Maine, 412...Part 1,52-53 Dadsonite, Nevada, 128 Danburite, Madagascar, 256 Daniel Bonanza mine, Colorado, 3 11 Datolite...Estes Quarry, Cumberland County, Maine: A New Pegmatite Locality, W. B. Thompson, A. U. Falster, W. B...Estes Quarry, Cumberland County, Maine: A New Pegmatite Locality, 408-18; Minerals of the Brufnado Magnesite
Journal (issue)
west. Butte is situated in the Summit Valley, an intermontane valley at an elevation of 1,800 meters (5...Marcosson, 1957). By the winter of 1864 the Summit Valley district (Butte’s original name) had been organized...Co. Unita Unrepresented Valdemere Valley East Valley Queen Valley West Venus Vesuvius Virginius Volunteer...mentioning here. By the mid-1890’s, the Summit Valley had been more or less denuded of vegetation by...Bow Creek provided the sole drainage within the valley watershed, it became a de facto sewage system for
Journal (issue)
general. and pegmatite collecting in particular. Upon finding a promising amazonite-bearing pegmatite on his...collecting locality. Whenever we jointly dug a pegmatite. Jerry never assumed ownership of the best specimen:...Mines near Crystal Peak ca. 1935, pointing to a pegmatite "stringer" that led into a crystal pocket. Note...explained to me that there are several varieties of microcline and of different colors. I was very fortunate...caution is urged. The beryl xis occur in the pegmatite dike and are not of exceptional quality but are
Book
consists of ilmenite. magnetite, anatase, biotite, microcline and minor fluorapatite (Robinson and Chamberlain...acicular crystals of rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]...region of Alpine-type clefts along the Torrniq Valley produced small numbers of ilmenite specimens reminiscent...The thin-tabular ilmenite crystals of the Torrniq Valley also form spherical aggregates ("closed roses")...several centimeters diameter. However, many Torrniq Valley specimens labeled "ilmenite" prove upon testing
Journal (issue)
Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...Regularly! Alpine Mineral Company Fine Alpine and Gem Pegmatite Minerals www.alpineminerals.com e-mail: kevin@alpineminerals...colored by copper. Cuprian elbaite from the Batalha pegmatite veins, unrecognized until the 1980’s, has become...though not of such high quality; and the Khan pegmatite near Rössing, Namibia, is also high in copper...local mining industry has focused on industrial pegmatite minerals, especially tantalite. Access is via
Journal (issue)
across, and more. Exploitation of this remarkable pegmatite continued intermittently until 1937, when the...bed. lt proved to be topaz from a Precambrian pegmatite cutting coarse-grained reddish granites of the...from Barringer Hili; K. Nash specimen and photo. Microcline, 8.5 cm, from Lake Buchanan, Llano County; Bruce...photo. Spodumene, 9.5 cm, from Resplendor, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Don and Laura Aaron photo...this in mind, I prefer gern crystals, mostly pegmatite specimens in a few farnilies ... but not always
Book (volume)
yegorovite Na4[Si2O4(OH)2]2·7H2O from the Palitra pegmatite, Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula hydrated proton)...MgB6O7(OH)6·2H2O Locality: Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aktobe region, Kazakhstan (type locality). Description:...MgB6O7(OH)6·2H2O Locality: Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aktobe region, Kazakhstan (type locality). Description:...Locality: Ampanodiana North pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa Commune...Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Description: Grey grains from the association
Book (edition)
Mineralogical Magazine A. LaCroix, Mineralogie de Madagascar, 1922 P. Embry and Fuller Manual of New Mineral...Mohave and Cochise Cos., AZ; Elmore, Idaho, and Valley Cos., ID; Goldfield, Esmer- 444.2 Silver 3...Wallaroo and Burra-Burra, SA, Australia; Aniseed Valley, near Nelson, New Zealand. Shaba, Zaire; Broken...Brazil, and Czech Republic; minor deposits in Madagascar, Turkey, Romania, Germany, Austria, and Sri Lanka...mines in Keweenaw Co., MI; Cashin mine, Paradox Valley, CO; Michipicoten Is., Lake Superior, ON, Canada;
Book
SHAPE program available from Eric Dowty, 521 Hidden Valley Road, Kingsport, Tennessee, 37663, USA. The authors...Al)802o(OH)4*4H20, 0 Syst=? Monte Chiaro, Taro Valley, Italy. H=?, Dvv,=?, Dp=?, VHIE 08c. Veniale &...E Mon. Porcelanous white. Furnace Creek, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA. H=4.5, Djj4= 2.88,...brown. Balangero serpentinite, Lanzo massif, Lanzo Valley, Piemonte, Italy. H=?, Djjj= 2.98, D(;= 3.098,...Translucent dark blue-green, green. Sapucaia Pegmatite, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. H=6, Djjj=3.60
Report (volume)
Significance 317 Breccias and veins within granite or pegmatite 318 Occurrence and composition 318 Significance...Spositio, George H. Swihart, John A. Tossell, John W. Valley, David J. Waters. Assistance from John Jambor,...Kramer H (1957) Ginorite and sassolite from Death Valley, California. Am Mineral 42:56-61 Anthony JW, Bideaux...Gowerite, a new hydrous calcium borate, from the Death Valley region, California. Am Mineral 44:911-919 Erd RC...another new hydrous calcium borate from the Death Valley region, California. Am Mineral 46:560-571 Erd RC
Report (volume)
MATHEMATICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 16 1986 570 J.W. Valley H.P. Taylor, Jr. J.R. O'Neil STABLE ISOTOPES IN...ememeenae es 317 Breccias and veins within granite or pegmatite.................c.sceceeeeee eeeeee318 OCCUEPENCE...Spositio, George H. Swihart, John A. Tossell, John W. Valley, David J. Waters. Assistance from John Jambor,...Kramer H (1957) Ginorite and sassolite from Death Valley, California. Am Mineral 42:56-61 Anthony JW, Bideaux...Gowerite, a new hydrous calcium borate, from the Death Valley —~ region, California. Am Mineral 44:911-919 Erd
 
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