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Spessartine from
Tsarafara Nord (Ambalaroy), Tsarafara Pegmatites, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar


Locality type:Workings
Classification
Species:Spessartine
Formula:Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Comments:Buřival et al (2014) gave this composition for a spessartine from Tsarafara N: Sp48-60Alm32-42Gr8-10
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spessartine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tsarafara Nord (Ambalaroy), Tsarafara Pegmatites, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:266573
Long-form Identifier:1:3:266573:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Spessartine
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘTsarafara Sud (Ankadilava), Tsarafara Pegmatites, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘEstatoby (Antanetinilapa), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘIlapa, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘMaharitra, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘAnkarinarivo pegmatite, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘManjaka (Sahananana), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘAmpano, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘAntaboaka North, Mangarano, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘAntsofimbato pegmatites, Mangarano, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
8.0km (4.9 miles) ⓘAmbatonapetraka pegmatites, Mangarano, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
References
Besaire, Henri (1966) Gîtes minéraux de Madagascar. Annales géologiques de Madagascar Vol. 34. République Malgachep.180
Ranorosoa, Nadine (1986) Thèse de doctorat de L'Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse. Étude minéralogique des pegmatites du champ de la Sahatany, Madagascar, 1-240
Buřival, Zbyněk; Novák, Milan (2014) Hydrothermal replacement of garnet by tourmaline - an example from LCT pegmatites in Sahatany Valley, Madagascar, in Abstract Book. 4th Central-European Mineralogical Conference (CEMC), 23-26 April 2014, Skalský Dvůr (Česká republika), Masaryk University . 24-25
 
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