Locality type: | Pegmatite |
Classification |
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Species: | Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) |
Formula: | (Ca,Na,U)2(Ti, Nb,Ta)2O6Z(OH) |
Comments: | Behier (1953) describes small brown strongly refrigent crystals as "blomstrandite". Visual examination of the specimens collected by J. Behier and labelled blomstrandite, Manjaka in the Musée National de la Géologie in Ampandrianomby in Antananarivo, Madagascar is very similar to what later has been proved to be a hafnian zircon (per. com. Knut Edvard Larsen, 1999) |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Erroneously Reported |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Manjaka, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 603339 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:603339:2 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 1b566db3-897d-4a01-93ad-f2b62f9fc28c |
Nearest other occurrences of Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) |
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3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘMaharitra, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar |
5.5km (3.4 miles) | ⓘAndrianampy, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar |
22.2km (13.8 miles) | ⓘTsaramanga pegmatite, Mahaiza, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar |
44.1km (27.4 miles) | ⓘBelamosina (Ambatofotsy) pegmatites, Ambatonikolahy, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar |
48.4km (30.1 miles) | ⓘSarodivotra, Anjanabonoina pegmatites, Ambohimanambola, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar |
94.2km (58.5 miles) | ⓘPilina Lake Area, Amparaky, Soavinandriana District, Itasy, Madagascar |
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