| Locality type: | Pegmatite |
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| Species: | Bityite |
| Formula: | CaLiAl2(AlBeSi2O10)(OH)2 |
| Habit: | pseudohexagonal barrelshaped polysyntetic twin crystals (to 5mm long) |
| Colour: | colorless, sometimes with a tint of pale yellow |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Tourmaline | ⓘ9 photos of Bityite associated with Tourmaline at this locality. |
| Albite | ⓘ3 photos of Bityite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ3 photos of Bityite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Amazonite | ⓘ2 photos of Bityite associated with Amazonite at this locality. |
| Danburite | ⓘ2 photos of Bityite associated with Danburite at this locality. |
| Pyrochlore Supergroup | ⓘ1 photo of Bityite associated with Pyrochlore Supergroup at this locality. |
| Columbite-(Fe) | ⓘ1 photo of Bityite associated with Columbite-(Fe) at this locality. |
| Cleavelandite | ⓘ1 photo of Bityite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. |
| Axinite-(Mn) | ⓘ1 photo of Bityite associated with Axinite-(Mn) at this locality. |
| Zoisite | ⓘ1 photo of Bityite associated with Zoisite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Bityite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Estatoby (Antanetinilapa), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (22 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 262892 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:262892:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 4fb989a5-f589-44b3-8dc0-4cd0e35c0b28 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Bityite |
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| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘTsarafara Sud (Ankadilava), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘMaharitra, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar |
| 3.9km (2.4 miles) | ⓘManjaka, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar |
| 8.1km (5.0 miles) | ⓘAntsofimbato pegmatites, Mangarano, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar |
| 8.7km (5.4 miles) | ⓘAmbatonapetraka pegmatites, Mangarano, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar |
| References |
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Estatoby, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar