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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Beryl var: Morganite
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Morganite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:443844
Long-form Identifier:1:3:443844:1
GUID (UUID V4):83426edd-da35-4cfc-9b50-5ce1cd8486f5
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...index closer to tourmaline than to red beryl or morganite and a strong pleochroism. Samples were originally...originally identified by a French dealer in Madagascar as “bixbite,” an outdated term for a red variety of
Report (issue)
Addresses Right: Aquamarine Rough from Marijao, Madagascar is sorted in a workshop in Idar-Oberstein, Germany...page 22). These include aquamarine, red beryl, morganite, emerald, goshenite, and heliodor. Known for millennia...Euhedral beryl, including goshenite, aquamarine and morganite, can be found adjacent to the core margin of the...crystal weighed 455 kilograms. 2m: The Queen Anne mine in Zimbabwe has produced crystals up to 2 meters...Assun�io, Portugal. Pegmatites at Mahajamba, Madagascar have yielded beryl crystals to lengths of 3 meters
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is a rare new pink mineral found in central Madagascar and Afghanistan, exhibiting a beryl-like trigonal...2002 in the Sakavalana pegmatite deposit at Ambatovita in the central highlands of Madagascar (Simmons et...Other deposits have been reported, such as the Deva mine in the Paroon Valley, Kunar, Nuristan, Afghanistan...and near Molo, in the Momeik area of the Mogok district, Burma (Devouard et al., 2007). Pezzottaite, ideally...rough and cut natural pezzottaite crystals from Madagascar (Lyon 1 University collection). 2004; Peretti
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
similarly to pezzottaite in the type occurrence in Madagascar, formed in a pegmatite with a hybrid NYF Þ LCT...g., goshenite, aquamarine, emerald, heliodor, morganite, and red beryl). Bazzite, a scandium analogue...in pockets in the Sakavalana pegmatite near Mandosonoro, Ambato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 eld, Vama District, Nuristan
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
Catalog/List
Signature® Internet Session 2 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 (HERITAGELive...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...Topaz Klein Spitzkopje, Spitzkopje Area, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia Klein Spitzkopje in Afrikaans
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
8568(9) Å] from the type locality in Ambatovita (central Madagascar) were investigated by electron microprobe...pezzottaite from the Sakavalana granitic pegmatite located near Ambatovita (Madagascar), along with a geological...comparative study of pezzottaite and ‘‘vorobyevite’’ (‘‘morganite’’, a Cs-rich beryl) [chemical formula: (Cs0.08Na0...investigation of a pezzottaite from Ambatovita, central Madagascar, kindly provided by F. Pezzotta (Natural...type locality in Ambatovita (central Madagascar), and in particular from the Sakavalana pegmatite, located
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...found for the first time in the Sakavalana pegmatite, central Madagascar (Hawthorne et al., 2004). The...Krzemnicki, M.S. (2003): Caesium-rich morganite from Afghanistan and Madagascar. J. Gemm., 28, 417–429. Geochemical...beryl-group mineral from the Sakavalana pegmatite, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar. Mineral. Rec., 35, 369–378
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)
the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...N‘Chwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia....Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo...Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, N’Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(including the varieties aquamarine, red beryl, morganite, emerald, goshenite and heliodor, in addition...beryl-group mineral from the Sakavalana pegmatite, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar. Mineral. Rec. 35, 369-378...MINERALOGIST Phoscorites and Carbonatites from Mantle to Mine: the Key Example of the Kola Alkaline Province.
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)
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...newly mined amethyst from Wilks County, Georgia. The mine is located between the communities of Rayle and...contributor some amethyst and citrine from the Sarusas mine in northwestern Namibia. Bill Barker (Barker & Co
Journal (issue)
Vallerano Diamond from Ancient Rome Radioactive Morganite Because Public Education Happens At The Counter...pg. 29 RAPID COMMUNICATIONS 42 Radioactive Morganite Hiroshi Kitawaki, Yoichi Horikawa, Katsumi Shozugawa...efforts and promising early results, the emerald mine has not yet begun production. 2 GEMS & GEMOLOGY...deposit is located near the Bonfim gold-tungsten mine (figure 2), at coordinates 05°50.45¢S, 036°07.10¢W...basement gneiss, close to the Bonfim goldtungsten mine, which is hosted by metasedimentary rocks. Modified
Journal (issue)
M ontreal Mine! L L The Mineralogical Record MAY–JUNE 2020 • VOLUME 51 • NUMBER 3 • $25 & Wayne...gemgypsy@bellsouth.net MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ........................... 487 COVER: BARITE, 6.5 cm, from the Montreal mine. David and Karen DeBruin collection, ex Muscatine...cm on vesuvianite from the Crazy Sphinx mine, Helena District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Collected...world-class realgar specimens from the Royal Reward mine, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington. The
Book (edition)
extensive fields in the prophetically named Kimberley district of Western Australia promise to be of world importance...First Edition For two decades, an earlier work of mine – Practical Gemmology – has proved a useful elementary...tanzanite. Gem minerals such as amethyst, aquamarine, morganite, topaz and tourmaline may be found both in pegmatites...similar geological setting also occur at the Menzies mine in Western Australia and these rocks also have been...applied in countries such as Brazil (Figure 1.29), Madagascar and Sri Lanka, almandine garnet, aquamarine,
Book
Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the...Oblast. Alpine-type clefts in the famous Dodo quartz mine commonly contain ilmenite, occurring as lustrous
Conference Proceedings
Maria Teresa Caldes, Stephane Jobic: Introduction to mine ralomimetism : the case of photochromic sodalite...S. Ercit : Canadian gem tourmaline and the Leduc mine. 10:00 – 10:20 Hänni, H.A., Milisenda, C., Wang...from a new occurrence from Paramathi in Karur district of Tamil Nadu, India. 12:00 – 12:20 Wilawan...nano-inclusions in untreated blue sapphire from Diego, Madagascar. 14:20 – 14:40 Wiwat Wongkokua , Natthapong...extracted from Indian (Kollur mine) and now mostly from the South African (Cullinan mine) deposits. Their blue
 
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