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Marotrana, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascari
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Marotrana | Occurrence |
| Amboasary Sud District | District |
| Anosy | Region |
| Madagascar | Country |
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Malagasy:
Marotrana, Distrikan' Amboasary Atsimo, Faritr' Anosy, Madagasikara
A very good grandidierite crystal from this site is in the collections of Ecole des Mines de Paris (# 16093).
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Grandidierite Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)3(SiO4)(BO3)O2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Grandidierite | 9.AJ.05 | (Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)3(SiO4)(BO3)O2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| B | Boron | |
|---|---|---|
| B | ⓘ Grandidierite | (Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)3(SiO4)(BO3)O2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Grandidierite | (Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)3(SiO4)(BO3)O2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Grandidierite | (Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)3(SiO4)(BO3)O2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Grandidierite | (Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)3(SiO4)(BO3)O2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Grandidierite | (Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)3(SiO4)(BO3)O2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Grandidierite | (Mg,Fe2+)(Al,Fe3+)3(SiO4)(BO3)O2 |
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References
Farges, F. (2001) Crystal chemistry of iron in natural grandidierites: an X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy study. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 28 (9) 619-629 doi:10.1007/s002690100170with a Fe–K edge XAFS spectra analysis of grandidierite from Marotrana
