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Apatite from
Maharitra, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Colour:green
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Maharitra, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:264591
Long-form Identifier:1:3:264591:9
GUID (UUID V4):634634c4-b99c-467d-8e35-ad06ddc486ce
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
1.0km (0.6 miles) Estatoby (Antanetinilapa), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
1.9km (1.2 miles) Ilapa, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
7.8km (4.8 miles) Analambano, Ibity massif, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
13.5km (8.4 miles) Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
20.7km (12.9 miles) Antandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
62.3km (38.7 miles) Marovoalavo, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
68.7km (42.7 miles) Riampotsy, Mangataboahangy, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
72.1km (44.8 miles) Tsiambenana Quarry, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
75.2km (46.7 miles) Col d'Itremo, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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)
PLATE II THn AunnrcAN MlxnnALocIST Vor. I AUGUST. 1916 No. 2 SOME MINERALS FROM MADAGASCAR AS DESCRIBED...treatment, may more particularly attract you, as ii represents a field of mineralogic developrnent allied...at our previous meeting. The immense island of Madagascar lies to the eastward from Africa, at a distance...gem-stone. It occurs in quite striking examples in Madagascar. Lacroix has collected very beautiful crystals...south of Ahkaratra, upon Mount Vohitromby near Antsirabe. This locality is especially rich in specimens
Journal (issue)
DES DES PEGMATITES ENVIRONS D'ANTSIRABÉ A MADAGASCAR PAR Louis DUPARC Professeur à l’Université...GENÈVE 3. FASCICULE PEGMATITES ENVIRONS MADAGASCAR A PAR Louis DUPARC Professeur à l’Université...est certain exploitations elles préface, Madagascar; ne présente quelques lacunes, notamment ...surtout pour but a et la collaboration de Madagascar de et à plus grande amabilité mieux Genève...Lemoine, depuis lors géologique dans le nord de Madagascar. Contribution Indien. à Paris, Thèse présentée
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Madagascar, Zambia, and the United States. High-quality...crystal on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen...associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm...morganite, on albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka...morganite, and albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka
Book (volume)
ÏLi CEOLC-I: Uoogl. Kerk», *ch( 1 7 ü - ’D-'ir .II. Lei.&n MliMilMIJJUll! LA 1)1! SUPPLEMENT...figurent pas dans ceux-ci. En ce qui concerne Madagascar, d’où documents nouveaux, offrant un intérêt...coloration brun rouge. GISEMENTS ET ASSOCIATIONS Madagascar. — J’ai donné le nom d’ampaugabéite [C. B. CXLIV...ANrHOPHYLLITE-GÉDRITE (ï. p. 035; 1 , T. VI, p. 784). — Madagascar. J’ai rencontré [B. S.M. XXXV. 97. 1912) un...micaschistes mont Bitv). IV, p. 787). — Madagascar. J’ai visité le gisement d’Ambatoarina, d’où
Book (volume)
Bulletin de le la. Muséum en particulier Madagascar, ai joint le Comptes Société française de...autre quadratique, mais presque cubique, la braunite. II * IV Braunite Mn Mn O Bixbyite Fe Mn O s...suivantes : IV II Mn 2 Mn0 4 Pb Pb0 Haussmannite Minium 2 4 HAUSSMANNITE IV II MrLMnO 4 Quadratique...heymerie a désigné cette substance sous néral. t II, 339 , 1 859) 6 la Réalité Rancié. , qu’il...Na 2 0 CuO + PbO Fe 2 O 3 As 2 O 5 P 2 O 5 ..... II 2 0 Gangue. SiO 2 . )) 0,10 » j )) 0,10 0
Report (issue)
of a liddicoatite crystal from Anjanabonoina, Madagascar. Photo by Bild & Text Mager Dedicated to Dr...fact, Malagasy tourmaline was used during World War II in pressure gauges for submarines (personal communication...Bronze-brown; streak: yellow-brown; luster: vit­ district Corinthia in Austria and Slovenia, dravite is...natural radiation. Yellow elbaite from Tsilaisina, Madagascar contains up to 8.9 weight percent MnO (Dirlam...Brazil; Sahatany Valley pegmatite district in Madagascar; Nigeria; Namibia; Nuristan Valley, Afghanistan
Report (issue)
364(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: Anjanabanoana, Madagascar. 3.81 (10), 3.13 (9), 4.53 (8), 3.19 (8), 2.40...0 6.7 2.5 Total 99.0 99.7 (1) Anjanabanoana, Madagascar; corresponds to Be2.04 B0.98 O3 [(OH)0.93 F0...granite pegmatites. Association: Beryl, danburite, apatite, spodumene, zircon, fluorite, feldspar, quartz...in Campo, Elba, Italy. In Madagascar, from Imalo, near Mania; at Maharitra, on Mt. Bity; and large crystals...near Ramona, and the Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande district, San Diego Co., and in the Jensen quarry, Riverside
Report (issue)
c = 7.09{7.13 Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Mt. Apatite, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA. (ICDD 26-964)...lepidolite, microcline, garnet, muscovite, beryl, apatite, Distribution: Many localities; some for exceptional...Campo, Elba. In the Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk) district, Ural Mountains, Russia. From Korgal and Mawi...Antandrokomby, Maharitra on Mt. Bity, and elsewhere on Madagascar. In the Alto Ligonha district, Mozambique...Brazil, from a large district around Ara»cua¶³-Itinga-Salinas, and the Itatiaia district, Governador Valadares
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
length have been available from the Alto Chapare district, Cochabamba, Bolivia (Petrov 2003). Here it is...crystals to about 1 cm associated with adularia, apatite, pericline-twinned albite, and quartz. Danburite...Norway. Danburite has been reported from several Madagascar localities. Large yellow crystals have been recovered...Anjanabonoina, and it is known in lesser amounts from Maharitra, Mount Bity; from Sahasonjo near Andina; at Imalo...length have been found in the Bor open pit of this district (Grant and Wilson 2001). Other Russian localities
Book
80 Emerald and 140 Beryls, as Founda- Part II 86 87 Birthstones, Beryl in India, CHEMICAL AND... Japan, 462 Switzerland, 510 Tanzania 463 Madagascar (Malagasy Republic), Malawi Nepal, 482 513...of cultural the present work astrological Part II lesser extent, a of part to knowledge has been...derived from erald. 5 M. but C. . which to II in the searched the literature for references to...more km) from Coptos passed center for these district, correspond cites a King to the are to Bostock
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Canada; Bikita, Zimbabwe; and scattered mines in Madagascar and Brazil. Interestingly, most of these commercial...(both emerald and aquamarine), topaz, garnet, apatite, and gem tourmaline, in addition to muscovite,...kunzite was reportedly made in the Spruce Pine district of Mitchell County, North Carolina, sometime in...Frederick M. Sickler on Hiriart Hill in the Pala district, San Diego County, California. The details of...and collector market from several locations in Madagascar. Rose-colored gem spodumene has been mined from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens were recovered, many associated with apatite and other species (Cassedanne and Alves 1990)....tabular crystals are found at various places in Madagascar. It is plentiful in carbonatite in the Kovdor...forms huge crystals. At Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal district, Russia, it forms large, dark red-brown (but surprisingly...spessartine and white albite, Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Figure 9. Dark...California; and several sites in the Franklin mining district, Sussex County, New Jersey. Annite forms tabular
Journal (issue)
pegmatite, Madagascar ..................................191 by W. E. Wilson The Port Radium district, Northwest...into use as ground support devices after World War II. These bolts are inserted into overhead drill holes...road crosses a small creek, then climbs into the valley toward the house of Jose Moreira. About 700 meters...granitic pegmatite, mined sporadically since World War II. It measures about 20 meters thick, strikes east-west...of associated minerals including amblygonite, apatite, colorless beryl, cassiterite, garnet, frondelite
Report (issue)
. .. . . . (1921 ,, 3s. 6d. (3s. 9d.) lllliPart II . .. .. . .,. . . . • ... . . . (1922 ,, 6s. 6d....art III ... -, ._ ... . . " . .. . .. . . . (1922 II 7s. Od. (7 s. 7d,.) .ooba, ... .... ,;. P' :., •••... Portugal ••• Spain ••• ••• Sweden • • • ••• Madagascar ••• United States ••• U.S.S.R. (Siberia) REE'...of mine waters, especially some in the Redruth district of Cornwall , have been found to car1. y lithium...compounds, that of Wheal Cli:ffo1'district containing 372 milligrams of lithium per litre
Journal (issue)
Simon COVER STORY: GOLD from the Mother Lode District of California. This precious ore is the state...been found); and various localities in Quebec. Madagascar is also a principal producer of phlogopite for...crystal crusts in pegmatite veins at Maharitra, on Mt. Bity, Madagascar. BRAMMALLITE, the sodium-analogue...CaLiA12 (AlBeSi2) 01 o (OH)2 Single locality in Madagascar Bramrnallite Celadonite sodium analogue of...derives its name). The other is in the Postmasburg district, South Africa. GLAUCONITE, (K, Na) (Al, Fe+J,
Catalog/List
75 1. 50 3.00 5.00 . 25 1. 00 2.50 mass APATITE Calcium chlorophosphate Canada Ontario, Hybla Green...75 .10 .15 . 35 . 60 1. 25 ... 4 Fl/R APATITE Continued COLLOPHANE Calcium carbonate phosphate...Durango, near Mapimi, Astillero ----"carbonate-apatite. Yellow compact mass with stalactitic to botryoidal...$1. 50. New Mexico Socorro County, Hansonberg district Large white crystal sections, select ....... ...................... . Southern Rhodesia Miami district Yellow-green hexagonal crystal prisms from l"
Book
the many crystal forms of calcite. 7 a i ■ I II I g 1 I I3 . Perfect models of crystals arc only...earth. Meanwhile the originally hot 11 I ■- I8 II! II I solution becomes cooler and new minerals appear...of course, only for identical adjoining faces. II hi II Crystal Symmetry One of the most striking features...developed. Bj I I I 14 rhodonite axinite a II o gypsum wolframite ntanite augne orthoclase...important clue for identification. \ i 11 ;l II Characteristic striation of [from left to right J:
Book
corundum System octahedron > & zincite apatite trisoctahedron icositetrahedron nepheline hexakisoctahedron...3. calcite 8. topaz 4. fluorite 9. corundum 5. apatite 10. diamond These hardness tests can be applied...exist in almost all colour shades. Tourmaline, apatite and beryl also occur in many colours. The variable...it with effervescence. Fluorite, amethyst and apatite can be recognized by the form of their crystals...cleavage, and when heated it becomes luminescent. Apatite is one degree harder than fluorite, and shows a
Journal (issue)
tweedelige cursus op te starten (1 : basischemie , II : chemische mineralogie) . P. Van hee H . Bender...andere phenakiet, milariet en beryl . Burma : Mogok District : als uitstekende, geëtste, gele kristallen in...prismavlakken en een heldere, kleurloze spits . Madagascar : Maharitra : op de Mt Bity . Meerdere toermalijnpegmatieten...september 1995 161 ten Zuiden van het Betafo District : in Imalo bij Mania . ten Noordoosten van Andina...incorporation of trace element s and dissymmetrization in apatite : the role o f surface structure during growt h
Report (issue)
done world tenowned work on the pegmatit.es of Madagascar and bu beln msttumental. in the discovery of...stored in his house in San Piero. During World War II, Adam served in the Dutch Army directing Far East...hotel is located in the heart of the pegmatite district in the village of Cavoli, which boasts a wonderful...plagioclase, biotite, muscovite, and tourmaline. Complex II extends along the coast between Terranera and Rio...outcrop along the separation line between Complex II and Complex III. Complex IV includes most of central-eastern
Book (edition)
the light gypsum. 3 - calcite, 4 - fluorite, 5 - apatite, 6 - ortho- beam on the polished mineral surface...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....byssolite. Mono- coast of North America: Kobuk River Valley, Alaska, clinic, C2/m, a,b,c = 9.89, 18.20, 5.31...e.g. on Grossgreiner Mt., overlooking Zillertal Valley, Tirol, Austria, and at Passo di Vizze, Trentino-Alto...western Sayan Mts., white at Burumskoye, Vitim River Valley, all Siberia, Russia. In many localities in New
Book
allanite, emerald, sapphire, topaz, aquamarine, apatite or garnet may be found. In the early post-magmatic...000 100 000 talc gypsum calcite fluorite -- apatite orthoclase - --=====------- quartz topaz corundum...cleavage planes have an uneven surface (eg sulphur, apatite orcassiterite). Imperfect cleavage - a complete...hexagonal (7) ~ -l '\ a, y - = 120° beryl apatite ,<'- ' trigonal (5) vanadinite pyrrhotite ...metamorphic deposits are found near Passau (FRG), (Madagascar), southern Bohemia (Czechoslovakia); vein deposits
Catalog/List
1: �:;�\}/\_\-�-�/ - ., . ..- . . ': • ,, ' II � .. # - � • • I -·. • •• HORNBLENDE (Amphibole)... pitch black vitreous mass ORTHITE Island of Madagascar Tsarahartra. Pure, lustrous pitch black with...brown hypersthene, gray-green diopside and minor apatite ........ . Norway Kragero. �e, dark green cleavages...cerussite xis 'Utah Mine r s ville, near Mi lford. ---ii/early- pure, brown-to- gray massi ve, choice . A.... . . . . l'llexico Durango,· Cerro de Mercado. �II yellow transparent terminated crystals. 1/ 4" to
Book
-~~1---------- 1960-2015 by Thom.as P. Moore Volume II I-Z Published by the Mineralogical Record, Inc....Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...ilmenite crystals to 7 cm in pale brown nepheline/apatite matrix were found in the nearby Vislmevye Moore...crystals of rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning...region of Alpine-type clefts along the Torrniq Valley produced small numbers of ilmenite specimens reminiscent
 
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