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Tourmaline from
Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Colour:black
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pezzottaiteⓘ8 photos of Tourmaline associated with Pezzottaite at this locality.
Albiteⓘ3 photos of Tourmaline associated with Albite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:218000
Long-form Identifier:1:3:218000:7
GUID (UUID V4):b72352b2-a475-45ed-8cc4-4091c9559026
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
22.1km (13.7 miles) ⓘMarivolanitra pegmatite, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘAmpandramaika pegmatite, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
44.4km (27.6 miles) ⓘBemasoandro pegmatite, Fitampito, Ikalamavony District, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar
46.0km (28.6 miles) ⓘIkalamavony Group rocks, Ikalamavony Commune, Ikalamavony District, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar
49.9km (31.0 miles) ⓘRiampotsy, Mangataboahangy, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
57.7km (35.9 miles) ⓘTsiambenana Quarry, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
71.0km (44.1 miles) ⓘAmpanobe, Ikalamavony Commune, Ikalamavony District, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar
75.2km (46.7 miles) ⓘVohitrakanga pegmatite, Andrembesoa, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
82.2km (51.1 miles) ⓘSaronara Quarry, Ambatofinandrahana Commune, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
87.3km (54.2 miles) ⓘAmpanivana pegmatite, Ampanivana area, Andrembesoa, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pezzottaite Sakavalana Mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro Commune Ambatofinandrahana District Fianarantsoa...Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar C esium-rich beryl has been known for a long time, and occurrences are not exactly...some to 6 cm across, from miners in southern Madagascar. Although these crystals were beryl-like in habit...habit, they had a refractive index closer to tourmaline than to red beryl or morganite and a strong pleochroism...were originally identified by a French dealer in Madagascar as “bixbite,” an outdated term for a red variety
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granitic pegmatites? Clues from hybrid pegmatites in Madagascar Robert F. Martin,1,* Caterina De Vito,2 and Federico...granitic pegmatite in Madagascar. The NYF assemblages there and at the Sakavalana and Anjahamiary pegmatites...Anjanabonoina has a ή18O value above 15‰, and that at Sakavalana, close to 13‰, indicative of formation of the...geochemistry, trace elements, Anjanabonoina, Sakavalana, Madagascar Introduction A K-dominant alkali feldspar...gem-bearing granitic pegmatites in central and southern Madagascar. Background information Anorogenic granites
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Sakavalana pegmatite, Fianarantsoa province, central Madagascar. 3.271 (100), 2.871...14 0.28 101.54 (1) Sakavalana pegmatite, Fianarantsoa province, central Madagascar; laser ablation ICP...K-feldspar (‘amazonite’), albite (‘cleavelandite’), tourmaline-group minerals, spodumene, lithian muscovite...Distribution: From the Sakavalana pegmatite, Ampandramaika-Malakialina pegmatite district, a few kilometers...kilometers northwest of Ambatovita village, Fianarantsoa province, central Madagascar. Also reported from Afghanistan
Report (issue)
Addresses Right: Aquamarine Rough from Marijao, Madagascar is sorted in a workshop in Idar-Oberstein, Germany...crystal weighed 455 kilograms. 2m: The Queen Anne mine in Zimbabwe has produced crystals up to 2 meters...Assunïżœio, Portugal. Pegmatites at Mahajamba, Madagascar have yielded beryl crystals to lengths of 3 meters...beryl crystal is a pegmatite at Malakialina, Madagascar, which produced one crystal that was 18 meters...near Sabsar, on the Gilgit to Skardu Road, Skardu district, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Collection Ty Lawrence;
Journal (issue)
diamonds. pg. 269 284 Pezzottaite from Ambatovita, Madagascar: A New Gem Mineral Brendan M. Laurs, William...Gem-quality corundum from Colombia ‱ Emeralds from Madagascar with strong blue/green dichroism ‱ Peruvian blue...beryl in the world: the Ruby Violet (or Red Beryl) mine in Utah’s Wah Wah Mountains. Shown here is a unique...GEMOLOGY WINTER 2003 283 PEZZOTTAITE FROM AMBATOVITA, MADAGASCAR: A NEW GEM MINERAL Brendan M. Laurs, William...2002 in a granitic pegmatite near Ambatovita in central Madagascar. Only a few dozen kilograms of gem
Catalog/List
Signature¼ Internet Session 2 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 (HERITAGELive...Cerussites and Cuprites, Sapphires and Spinels, Tourmaline and Tanzanite, Emeralds and Jeremejevites, the...collection, a lot of it collected when the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still...engineering work took him to the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. This mine is renowned for producing what are arguably... SESSION ONE MINERALS 57001 Azurite Level 8, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia If the attachment
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hundred specimens). As part of a new initiative to “mine” this resource for both educational and research...only contemporary specimen is from the Red Lake mine near Balmerton in western Ontario. Rich specimens...specimens of gold in smoky quartz from the O’Brien mine at Cadillac, Quebec, are particularly attractive. This...STRIATIONS ON CARROLLITE FROM THE KAMOYA SOUTH II MINE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. R. L. Morgan, 1851...14609. Carrollite crystals from the Kamoya South II mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, have pronounced
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
similarly to pezzottaite in the type occurrence in Madagascar, formed in a pegmatite with a hybrid NYF ĂŸ LCT...in pockets in the Sakavalana pegmatite near Mandosonoro, AmbatoïŹnandrahana District, Fianarantsoa Province...Province, Madagascar (Laurs et al. 2003, Hawthorne et al. 2004). Since then it has only been recorded from...Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, and the Deva Mine, Paroon pegmatite ïŹeld, Vama District, Nuristan...pollucite, Li– Rb–Cs micas, and smectites. Along with tourmaline and garnet, beryl is a widespread accessory to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
renierite-germanite-tennantite ore from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. The new mineral name is for Professor...erosenbuschite group from the Langesundsfjord district, Norway: definition and crystal structure. Eur...the island of Vesle ArĂžya in the Langesundsfjord district, Vestfold, Norway. The pegmatite was heavily blasted...second new phosphate mineral from the SilberbrĂŒnnle mine in the central Black Forest. Der ErzgrĂ€ber, 18,...haigerachite on quartz in the dump of the SilberbrĂŒnnle mine, upper Haigerachtal near Gengenbach, central Black
Journal (issue)
en KarĂ©lie (Finlande) La chiavennite de Sakavalana (Madagascar) Roedderite (x 36) CarriĂšre du mont...PEZZITTAÏTE DANS IA PEGMATITE DE SAKAVALANA, .AMBATOVITA, MADAGASCAR Federico PEZZOTTA, Alessandro GUASTONI...presque toutes signĂ© la pĂ©tition pour sauver la mine de La Gardette, l'imagination des enquĂȘteurs et...rĂ©coltaient en rĂ©alitĂ© des minĂ©raux dans une ancienne mine abandonnĂ©e. Lors du jugement au tribunal de Mende...FrĂ©dĂ©ric Delporte - delportejrederic@wanadoojr L "mine" dite de la Gardette se situe sur la commune e Villard-Notre-Dame
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs January/February: Crocoite, Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Francis Benjamin specimen...Scovil photo. March/April: Galaxy opal, Opalville mine, lease 135, Jundah, Queensland, Australia. Owner...Jeff Scovil photo. July/August: Silver, Wolverine mine, Kearsarge lode, Keweenaw County, Michigan. William...Scovil photo. November/December: Millerite, Sterling mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York. National Museum...Note: New Data on Arsenate Minerals from the Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, 135–39; The Occurrence and Origin of Gold
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CsLiBe2Al2Si6O18. Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar. R060583 reproduced...KBe4Al4(B11Be)O28, pale yellow crystal with pink tourmaline (rubellite) from Manjaka, Sahatany Pegmatite...Pegmatite Field, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Coin diameter is ~1 cm. E.S. Grew sample (gift of François... Be2AlO4. Twinned crystals from the Ratnapura district, Sri Lanka. Photograph of sample R100130 reproduced...Be4Si2O7(OH)2, in pseudohexagonal prisms from the Golconda mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photograph
Journal (issue)
Be4Si2O7(OH)2, in pseudohexagonal prisms from the Golconda mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photograph...ened tabular hexagonal crystal from Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. Photograph of sample R090019 reproduced...KBe4Al4(B11Be)O28, pale yellow crystal with pink tourmaline (rubellite) from Manjaka, Sahatany Pegma te Field...Field, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Coin diameter is ~1 cm. E.S. Grew sample (gi of François Fontan)...reported previously, volcanic rocks in the Eifel district, Germany (e.g., Schminke 2007, Lengauer et al
Show/Event (guide)
t i o n s on carrollite from the Kamoya South II mine, Democratic Republic of Congo byR. L. Mown 2:00...kulanite and phosphophyllite from the Palermo #1 mine, North Groton, New Hampshire bill. W Nizamoff R...Lupulescu 4:30 M i n e r a l s of the Sakavalana pegmatite, near Ambatovita, Central MadagascarbyWm. B. Simmons...Carrollite crystals f r o m the Kamoya South I I Mine, Katanga, DRC, have pronounced facial striations...(`1200 specimens). A s part of a new initiative to "mine" this resource for both educational and research
Journal (issue)
MORNING: Ray Lasmanis will present “The Pine Point Mine, Northwest Terrritories, Canada”. N AFTERNOON:...Bridge Columbia River Oregon 2 The Bagdad Chase Mine, San Bernardino Co., California by Don Howard Following...the group. The first stop was at the Bagdad Chase mine, where we spent an interesting day collecting. Since...explanation of the mine, its minerals, and some of its history. The Bagdad Chase mine is located a few...there has been little activity. The Bagdad Chase mine was the largest producer of both gold and copper
Journal (issue)
week, when you didn't pick up a two foot colored tourmaline unless it was transparent, and when the sun would...There was evidently the 'usual' fantastic black tourmaline, and a few excellent blue beryls var. aquamarine...unpublished 'skorpionite' from the new Skorpion Mine near Rosh Pinah in Southwest Namibia were offered...or tarbuttite. Skorpion Mine is expected to become the world's largest zinc mine, covering 15% of our zinc...new minerals from that mine. I saw a few pieces of kochsandorite from the coal mine at Many in Hungary.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kunz inspecting the darkest color of a Pala Chief mine kunzite crystal. Note where original has had a purple...it now resides. It is from the Pala Chief mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Figure 1c...right). Spodumene (kunzite), Pala Chief mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. This image...photography, writing, and assisting at the Oceanview mine in San Diego County, California. He is a consulting...Frank Salmons, and Pedro Peiletch at the Pala Chief mine, San Diego County, California, as noted on the back
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
were studied in the Koktokay #3 pegmatite, Altai district, China. Complex internal textures in individual...thousands of pegmatite dykes in the Altai pegmatite district, NW China (Fig. 1a). This pegmatite, with a NW-SE...with muscovite, columbite, garnet and beryl. Tourmaline grains are very rare. Zone III contains large...amblygonite and pollucite as accessory minerals. No tourmaline grains are found in this zone. Zone VIII occurs...found for the first time in the Sakavalana pegmatite, central Madagascar (Hawthorne et al., 2004). The
Journal (issue)
with Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the article...DENVER MART EXPO HALL ROOMJ53 BARITE 20.3 CM XIEFANG MINE , GANZHOU PREFECTURE , JIANGXI PROVINCE , CHINA...Hodrusa-Hamre (in the Banska Stiavnica mining district) is also the type locality for hodrusite. V INTRODUCTION...historical events before 1920, we will use the older district name of Schemnitz in accordance with the literature...time, whereas for events after 1920 the modem district name of Banska Stiavnica will be used, bearing
Journal (issue)
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2021 Articles A history of tourmaline from the Island of Elba .......................appointed Resident Geologist at the Copper Queen mine for three years, including the responsibility for...at Bisbee in 1975 he transferred toAjo as General Mine Foreman. He finally left the employ of Phelps Dodge...Nome, Alaska, as well as of a coal mine in Utah and a copper mine in New Mexico for Gold Fields, Ltd...Creek mine and claim (San Benito County, California-Mineralogical Record, 2005), the Outlaw mine (Nye
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
muscovite + garnet + biotite ± apatite ± beryl ± tourmaline (Barr 1985); in light of the findings of Evensen...Evensen & London (2002), the presence of beryl and tourmaline is a sign that the anatectic melts have moved...gradients documented in the ratio 87Sr/86Sr in the tourmaline-bearing Manaslu leucogranite in the Himalayan...and veinlets of boron-rich pegmatite do contain tourmaline, in a graphic intergrowth with quartz, but also...quite possibly because of the participation of tourmaline as a reactant in the anatectic reaction. Grew
Journal (issue)
van Langban L (bijj Filipstad); Ă©Ă©n van de rijkste mine eralenvindpla aatsen ter wereld. w Daar wa as Etienne...spodumene-bearing quartz veins of the Rist emerald mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina ROCKS AND MINERALS 82(2)...Australian opal resources 128-134 Molybdenite (Allies mine, Deepwater, New England region, NSW, Australia)...135-139 New data on arsenate minerals from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia 140-146 Rochester mineralogical symposium...carrollite from the Kamoya South II mine, Congo ; minerals from the Palermo #1 mine, North Groton, New Hampshire
Journal (issue)
Lee Anderson; and “Fire’s Songbird,” a 17.68 ct tourmaline by Larry Winn. For more about the Elements collection...are seen in hydrogen-rich diamonds from the Argyle mine (Iakoubovskii and Adriaenssens, 2001). The defects...(1969) Mineralogical notes: A study of some gold mine diamonds. American Mineralogist, Vol. 54, Nos. 1–2...the leaves. The piece came from the Coronel Murta mine in Minas Gerais, and was carved by “Docinho” of...most notable pieces is “Green Dream,” a diamond, tourmaline, and tsavorite necklace featuring a 217 ct peridot
Catalog/List
Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207...17656. LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207...A beautiful Crystallized Gold from the “16-to-1” Mine ‱ A huge cut and polished Apache Agate weighing...Pallasite - PMG Hekandue River, Seymchan Magadan District, Russia This slice of the Seymchan Meteorite does...Pallasite - PMG Hekandue River, Seymchan Magadan District, Russia There are not enough superlatives to describe
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hiddenite discovery ‱ Sapphires and pezzottaite from Madagascar ‱ Mogok update ‱ “Star” obsidian ‱ Unusual star...HPHT-processed diamonds from Korea ‱ Tourmaline with an iridescent coating ‱ Madagascar gem cutting, and plans for...chromite), and paramagnetic (e.g., garnet, mica, tourmaline) minerals, magnetic susceptibility is positive...Elara diamond design patent invalidated by U.S. district court (2003) National Jeweler, Vol. 97, No. 18...gray, yellow, or pale green. It is named for the district in Scotland where it was first discovered (R.
 
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