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Tourmaline from
Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar


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Tourmaline

Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
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Elbaite

Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
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Elbaite

Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
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Tourmaline, etc.

Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
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Tourmaline

Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
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Elbaite

Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
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Elbaite

Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
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Tourmaline, etc.

Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
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Tourmaline

Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
07244040017272003899432.jpg
Elbaite

Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
01979070017366411129636.jpg
Elbaite

Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
09735840017272003203781.jpg
Tourmaline, etc.

Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz3
Microcline1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:766968
Long-form Identifier:1:3:766968:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘMaroando, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed pegmatite 150 m NW of Antandrokomby, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘAntandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Sahatsiho Ambohimanjaka, Ambositra District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘAmpano, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘManjaka (Sahananana), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘAntsahanana quarry, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
10.9km (6.7 miles) ⓘMahazina Quarries, Sahanivotry Manandona, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
12.8km (7.9 miles) ⓘTompoambohitra (Tokambohitra), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
13.3km (8.2 miles) ⓘAnkarinarivo pegmatite, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘMaharitra, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
References
Duparc, Louis; Sabot, René-Charles; Wunder, M. (1910) Sur quelques minéraux des pegmatites de Madagascar [On some minerals from the pegmatites of Madagascar]. Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles, 4e pér., t. 29. 62-71
 
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