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Schorl from
Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar


Locality type:District
Classification
Species:Schorl
Formula:NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ilmenorutile4 photos of Schorl associated with Ilmenorutile at this locality.
Smoky Quartz4 photos of Schorl associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Londonite-Rhodizite Series3 photos of Schorl associated with Londonite-Rhodizite Series at this locality.
Elbaite3 photos of Schorl associated with Elbaite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schorl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1310191
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1310191:0
GUID (UUID V4):768c4337-b526-471d-aeeb-6dea2c67cab3
Localities for Schorl in this Region
Anjanabonoina pegmatites, Ambohimanambola, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Manapa pegmatite Field, Anosiarivo Manapa, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Tsaramanga pegmatite, Mahaiza, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Samiresy, Tritriva, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Long-Misplaced Lot of Gem Liddicoatite Crystals from Madagascar Was Rediscovered after Some Thirty-five Years...tourmaline supergroup, including elbaite, dravite, and schorl. Liddicoatite, first recognized as a tourmaline...19.5 × 17 cm, 685 grams, Anjanabonoina mine, Madagascar. able story. The cast of characters includes...celebrated 1948 pocket at the Anjanabonoina mine in Madagascar. These were studied by Dunn for his article “Liddicoatite...Minerals in the early 1960s, about redicoatite from Madagascar. Based on their experience and discovering a
Catalog/List
Signature® Internet Session 2 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 (HERITAGELive...Topaz Klein Spitzkopje, Spitzkopje Area, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia Klein Spitzkopje in Afrikaans...57007 Jeremejevite Ameib Farm 60, Usakos, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia Jeremejevite crystals...Cuprite Onganja Mine, Onganja, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia One of the iconic Cuprite... 57009 Cerussite Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Kombat Cerussites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sahatany Pegmatite Field, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar Article in European Journal of Mineralogy · January...Sahatany Pegmatite Field, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar CRISTIAN BIAGIONI1,*, NICOLAS MEISSER2, FABRIZIO...Sahatany Pegmatite Field, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. It occurs as tan to beige subhedral crystals...crystal structure; Sahatany Pegmatite Field; Madagascar. 1. Introduction The pyrochlore supergroup,...pyrochlore samples from granitic pegmatites of Madagascar, crystals showing a very high Cs content were
Catalog/List
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...grow. 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) Looking almost like...com/6150 73002 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) For those that have...750 73003 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) As if Momeik doesn’t
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
Book
Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...northwest of the first, he collected good specimens of schorl and of ilmenite, the latter as unaltered and partially...rutile and iron oxides, and they are associated with schorl, quartz and cassiterite (Cairncross and Bahmann...of rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning...testing to be hematite. Zagi [Zegi] Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings
Book
the internal order of their constituent atoms (Madagascar, 13.5 cm). A lump of quartz (left) shows no faces...others, such as (B) blue chalcedony (Okahandja district, Namibia, left specimen 16.7 cm), are translucent...(B) labradorite (Madagascar, 10.5 cm). Chatoyancy in (C) chrysoberyl (Mwami district, Zimbabwe, 2.2 cm)...non-bladed or prismatic white 3.1–3.25 Streak Schorl (tourmaline) 7 SG 3.03–3.10 white Hardness ...Figure 9.33 Pyrite on sphalerite (Huaron mining district, Peru, 7.4 cm). 137 Figure 9.34 Pyrite (Free
Catalog/List
Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...Collection LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...Mine (Apex-Dixie Mine), Jarvis Peak, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington County, Utah...Quarry, Jalgaon, Dindori (Dhindori), Nashik District (Nasik District), Maharashtra, India As straightforward... 53007 WULFENITE Shaft 11, Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Book (volume)
Andrembesoa Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Description:... Hydroboracite CaMgB6O8(OH)6·3H2O Locality: District # 99, underground mine, Inder boron deposit, Atyrau...Data Na2B4O6(OH)2·3H2O Locality: Kramer borate district, Kern Co., California, USA (type locality). Description:...CaAlB3O7 Locality: Near Mogok township, Pyin Oo Lwin district, Mandalay division, Myanmar. Description: Colourless...pegmatite field (near Sarapulka village), Murzinka district, Middle Urals, Russia. Description: Colourless
 
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