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Anorthite from
Ankafotia, Fotadrevo, Ampanihy District, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Anorthite
Formula:Ca(Al2Si2O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anorthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ankafotia, Fotadrevo, Ampanihy District, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:999889
Long-form Identifier:1:3:999889:6
GUID (UUID V4):3c5cf7b1-f7b7-44f3-9f1e-7ce560116d95
Nearest other occurrences of Anorthite
1.4km (0.9 miles) Benonoky labradorite quarry, Fotadrevo, Ampanihy District, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar
3.0km (1.9 miles) Antsohamamy labradorite quarry, Fotadrevo, Ampanihy District, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar
69.3km (43.1 miles) Norcross labradorite quarry, Bokonaky Ambony, Maniry, Ampanihy District, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar
79.8km (49.6 miles) Menakaralahy River, Ejeda, Ampanihy District, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar
82.2km (51.1 miles) Mafilefy phlogopite mine, Ampamata, Ambovombe-Androy, Androy, Madagascar
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(different) anorthosite bodies in the Rogaland district of S. W. Norway formed in a catazonal and syn-orogenic...1959, p. 71) has classified the anorthosites of Madagascar into three types each with distinctive features:...and OTTO, 1960) Ankafotia, Saririaky, Manambahy and Volovolo plutons, S. W. Madagascar (BouLANGER,1957...Bjerkrem-Sogndal lopolithic complex in the Rogaland district (P. MicaoT, 1960, p. 12). Funnel-shaped bodies...the fine-grained type is at least 5Yo richer in anorthite than the coarse-grained type (due to alteration
Book
Anorthosites in Africa .......................... 2.12.9 Madagascar ....................... 2.12.10 Australia............ 191 3.14.5 Anorthosites of Africa and Madagascar 191 3.14.5.1 The Kunene Complex, Angola;N"amibia.................. 192 3.14.5.3 Anorthosites of Madagascar ......... 195 3.14.6 Anorthosites of the U.S...never meant to imply the exclusive presence of anorthite, a term that has similar etymology. Plagioclase...the highest metamorphic grades, for example in Madagascar, India, South Africa, and West Greenland (e.g
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and structure of the Moine Schists in the Morar district, western Inverness-shire. Abstract. Proc. geol...the sedimentary-volcanic sequences in the Kenema district of Sierra Leone reach the amphibolite and granulite...Petrogenesis and geochemistry of the rocks of the Kenema district, Sierra Leone. 12th Ann. Rep. Res. Inst. African...d’ages absolus sur les séries précambriennes de Madagascar. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 258, 1853. De Sitter...1958. Les granites stratoides du Pays Betsileo (Madagascar). Bull. Soc. géol. Fr., 8, 537. FERRARA, G.
Book (volume)
(Gavrusevich, 1941). 3. Corroded pink corundum, with anorthite and Ca0-6Al203 in “electro-corundum” from smelting...Bancroft areas in Ontario, or in the Coimbatore district of Madras. Although originally believed to be...formed by high temperature volatile reactions on anorthite. Sapphire mined at Bo Ploi in Siam occurs in weathered...p. 264. Eckermann, H. von, 1948. The alkaline district of Alno Island. Undersok., Ser. Ca., No. 36. Eppler... Ferrian ilmenite, anorthosite-norite, Ankafotia, Madagascar (Boulanger, 1957). 3. Ilmenite, fayalite
 
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