Hibonite

Hibonite

Vohimena deposit, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar

Hibonite

Andranokaolo thorianite deposit, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar

Hibonite

Dellagiustaite type locality, Sierra de Comechingones, San Luis Province, Argentina

Hibonite

Vohimena deposit, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar

Hibonite

Andranokaolo thorianite deposit, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar

Hibonite

Dellagiustaite type locality, Sierra de Comechingones, San Luis Province, Argentina

Hibonite

Vohimena deposit, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar

Hibonite

Andranokaolo thorianite deposit, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar

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Paul Hibon

Formula:

CaAl₁₂O₁₉

Ca may be replaced by minor Ce, Al by minor Ti and Mg.

Colour:

Black to brownisk black

Lustre:

Vitreous

Hardness:

7½ - 8

Specific Gravity:

3.83 - 3.85

Crystal System:

Hexagonal

Member of:

Magnetoplumbite Group

Name:

Named after Paul Hibon, a french prospector in Madagascar, who discovered the mineral in june 1953. He sent a parcel with some samples to Jean Behier for examination in the same year. Behier recognized it as a possible new mineral and gave it the working name "hibonite". He forwarded the sample to C. Guillemin, Labratoire de Minéralogie de la Sorbonne, in Paris, France to be further analyzed. It resulted in a description of the new mineral by Curien et al (1956).

Type Locality:

ⓘ Esiva eluvials, Esiva, Maromby, Amboasary Sud, Anosy, Madagascar

Magnetoplumbite Group.

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Type:

Uniaxial (-)

RI values:

n_ω = 1.807 n_ε = 1.790 n = 1.807

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.017

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

Very High

Pleochroism:

Visible

Comments:

O brownish-gray, E gray.

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0005520	Hibonite	Bermanec V, Holtstam D, Sturman D, Criddle A J, Back M E, Scavnicar S (1996) Nezilovite, a new member of the magnetoplumbite group, and the crystal chemistry of mognetoplumbite and hibonite The Canadian Mineralogist 34 1287-1297		1996		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Hibonite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Bermanec V' 'Holtstam D' 'Sturman D' 'Criddle A J' 'Back M E' 'Scavnicar S' _journal_name_full 'The Canadian Mineralogist' _journal_volume 34 _journal_year 1996 _journal_page_first 1287 _journal_page_last 1297 _publ_section_title ; Nezilovite, a new member of the magnetoplumbite group, and the crystal chemistry of mognetoplumbite and hibonite ; _database_code_amcsd 0005520 _chemical_formula_sum 'Ca.85 Ce.06 La.03 Nd.01 Mg.53 Al10.66 Fe.3 Si.06 Ti.5 O19' _cell_length_a 5.613 _cell_length_b 5.613 _cell_length_c 22.285 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 120 _cell_volume 608.042 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 3.796 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 63/m m c' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '-x,-x+y,1/2+z' 'x,x-y,1/2-z' '-x+y,-x,1/2-z' 'x-y,x,1/2+z' '-y,-x,z' 'y,x,-z' 'y,-x+y,-z' '-y,x-y,z' 'x-y,-y,1/2+z' '-x+y,y,1/2-z' 'x,y,1/2-z' '-x,-y,1/2+z' 'x,x-y,z' '-x,-x+y,-z' 'x-y,x,-z' '-x+y,-x,z' 'y,x,1/2+z' '-y,-x,1/2-z' '-y,x-y,1/2-z' 'y,-x+y,1/2+z' '-x+y,y,z' 'x-y,-y,-z' '-x,-y,-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Ca 0.66667 0.33333 0.25000 0.85000 0.03546 Ce 0.66667 0.33333 0.25000 0.06000 0.03546 La 0.66667 0.33333 0.25000 0.03000 0.03546 Nd 0.66667 0.33333 0.25000 0.01000 0.03546 Mg 0.66667 0.33333 0.25000 0.05000 0.03546 AlM1 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 0.00633 AlM2 0.00000 0.00000 0.23790 0.50000 0.01393 FeM3 0.33333 0.66667 0.02710 0.15000 0.00887 MgM3 0.33333 0.66667 0.02710 0.24000 0.00887 AlM3 0.33333 0.66667 0.02710 0.61000 0.00887 SiM4 0.66667 0.33333 -0.18890 0.03000 0.01013 TiM4 0.66667 0.33333 -0.18890 0.25000 0.01013 AlM4 0.66667 0.33333 -0.18890 0.72000 0.01013 AlM5 0.16790 0.33580 -0.10710 1.00000 0.00507 O1 0.00000 0.00000 0.14810 1.00000 0.00887 O2 0.33333 0.66667 -0.05650 1.00000 0.01013 O3 0.36200 0.18100 0.75000 1.00000 0.02913 O4 0.15310 0.30630 0.05200 1.00000 0.01267 O5 0.50430 -0.50430 0.35080 1.00000 0.01140

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Algeria
Adrar Province Zaouiet Kounta District In Zghmir ⓘ Adrar 003 meteorite	Lee, M.R., Russell, S.S., Arden, J.W., & Pillinger, C.T. (1995) Nierite (Si3N4), a new mineral from ordinary and enstatite chondrites. Meteoritics 30 (4): 387-397. (July 1995).
Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province Bordj Badji Mokhtar District Bordj Badji Mokhtar ⓘ Acfer 059/El Djouf 001 meteorites	Weber D, Bischoff A (1994) Grossite (CaAl4O7) - a rare phase in terrestrial rocks and meteorites, European Journal of Mineralogy 6, 591-594 ; Weber, D., & Bischoff, A. (1992, March). Mineralogy and chemistry of refractory inclusions in CR-like chondrites from the Sahara desert. In Lunar and Planetary Institute Science Conference Abstracts (Vol. 23, p. 1505).
In Salah Province In Salah District Foggaret Ezzaouia ⓘ Acfer 094 meteorite	Weber, D. (1995). Refractory Inclusions From the Carbonaceous Chondrite Acfer 094 (Abstract). Meteoritics 30 (5), 595-596. (Sept 1995).; Anorthite, Augite, Corundum, Diopside, Forsterite, Grossite, Hibonite, Melilite, Olivine, Perovskite, Pigeonite, Plagioclase, Pyroxene, Spinel ; Krot, A. N., Fagan, T. J., Keil, K., McKeegan, K. D., Sahijpal, S., Hutcheon, I. D., Petaev, M. I. & Yurimoto, H. (2004). Ca,Al-rich inclusions, amoeboid olivine aggregates, and Al-rich chondrules from the unique carbonaceous chondrite Acfer 094: I. mineralogy and petrology. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (9), 2167-2184. (May 2004).
ⓘ Acfer 182 meteorite	Weber D, Bischoff A (1994) Grossite (CaAl4O7) - a rare phase in terrestrial rocks and meteorites, European Journal of Mineralogy 6, 591-594
ⓘ Acfer 214 meteorite	Ma, C., Krot, A.N., Nagashima, K. (2017): Addibischoffite, Ca2Al6Al6O20, a new calcium aluminate mineral from the Acfer 214 CH carbonaceous chondrite: A new refractory phase from the solar nebula. American Mineralogist: 102: 1556-1560.
Angola
Huambo Province Bailundo ⓘ Bailundo	Beleque, A. R. C. (2010). Minerais de ETR no complexo carbonatítico de Bailundo (Mungo, Angola): ocorrência, composição e significado económico.
Antarctica
Eastern Antarctica Queen Maud Land Queen Fabiola Mts (Yamato Mts) ⓘ Yamato 81020 meteorite (Y-81020)	Brearley, A. J. & Jones, R. H. (1998) Chondritic Meteorites: IN: Planetary Materials (Papike, J.J. [Ed.]), Chapter 3, 398 pages: Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA.
Victoria Land Allan Hills ⓘ Allan Hills 85085 meteorite (ALH 85085)	Jeffrey N. Grossman, Alan E. Rubin & Glenn J. MacPherson (1988). Allan Hills 85085: an Out-of-the-Ordinary, Enstatite-rich Carbonaceous Chondrite. Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, vol. 19, p. 433.
ⓘ Allan Hills A77003 meteorite (ALHA77003)	Russell, S. S., Greenwood, R. C., Fahey, A. J., Huss, G. R., & Wasserburg, G. J. (1994) An ion microprobe study of CAIs from CO3 meteorites: Meteoritics 29 (4): 525-526. (July 1994).
ⓘ Allan Hills A77307 meteorite (ALHA77307)	Needham, A. W. & Messenger, S. (2103) Corundum-Hibonite Inclusions and the Environments of High Temperature Processing in the Early Solar System: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XLIV. LPI Contribution No. 1719, p.2929. (March 2013)
Argentina
Entre Ríos Province Nogoyá Department Algarrobitos District Nogoya ⓘ Nogoya meteorite	J. D. MacDougall & J. Carlson (1978). Refractory Element Rich Inclusions in c1 and c2 Meteorites (Abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science IX, pp. 683-685.
San Luis Province ⓘ Sierra de Comechingones	Cámara, F., Bindi, L., Pagano, A., Pagano, R., Gain, S.E.M., Griffin, W.L. (2019): Dellagiustaite: A Novel Natural Spinel Containing V2+. Minerals, 9, 4;
ⓘ Dellagiustaite type locality	Anthony Kampf, John Attard and Gunnar Färber analyses; additional analyses by Frank K. Mazdab, University of Arizona
Australia
New South Wales Evelyn Co. Milparinka Moorabie Bore ⓘ Moorabie meteorite	Russell, S.S., Huss, G.R., MacPherson, G.J. & Wasserburg, G.J. (1997) Early and late chondrule formation - New constraints for solar nebula chronology from Al-26/Al-27 in unequilibrated ordinary chondrites: 28th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: 209-210.
South Australia Mt Lofty Ranges South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills) Adelaide ⓘ Adelaide meteorite	Hutcheon, I. D. & Steele, I. M. (1982) Refractory Inclusions in the Adelaide Carbonaceous Chondrite (Abstract): Lunar and Planetary Science XIII: 352-353. (March 1982)
Victoria City of Greater Shepparton Murchison ⓘ Murchison meteorite	Louis H. Fuchs, Kenneth J. Jensen & Edward Olsen (1970). Mineralogy and Composition of the Murchison Meteorite. Meteoritics 5, #4, p. 198. (Dec 1970).
Azerbaijan
Aghjabadi District Shusha ⓘ Indarch meteorite (Elizabethpol; Gindorcha; Glindorcha; Indarh; Indarkh; Schuscha; Suscha)	Brearley, A. J. & Jones, R. H. (1998): Chondritic Meteorites. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, J. J., Editor): Chapter 3, 398 pages. Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA. (1998) ; Lee M R, Russell S S, Arden J W, Pillinger C T (1995) Nierite (Si3N4), a new mineral from ordinary and enstatite chondrites, Meteoritics, 30, 387-398
Belgium
Wallonia Hainaut Charleroi ⓘ Montignies-sur-Sambre	Analysed at Université du Maine, Laboratoire de Fluorures. Le Mans, France
Canada
Yukon Whitehorse mining district Carcross Tagish Lake ⓘ Tagish Lake meteorite	Meteoritics & Planetary Sci. 38 (May 2003)
China
Hebei Handan She County ⓘ Fushan Mine	Zheng-Min Cao, Shan Qin, Yu-Run Bi, and Jian-Wei Wang (1997): Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica [Yanshikuangwuxue Zazhi] 16(4), 353-356.
Shaanxi Hanzhong Ningqiang County ⓘ Ningqiang meteorite (Ningqiang carbonaceous chondrite)	Wang, Y. & Hsu, W. (2009). Petrology and Mineralogy of the Ningqiang carbonaceous chondrite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science Vol. 44, #5, 763-780. (May 2009).
Czech Republic
Olomouc Region Olomouc District ⓘ Tieschitz meteorite	Lee M R, Russell S S, Arden J W, Pillinger C T (1995) Nierite (Si3N4), a new mineral from ordinary and enstatite chondrites, Meteoritics, 30, 387-398; Lee, M.R., Russell, S.S., Arden, J.W., & Pillinger, C.T. (1995) Nierite (Si3N4), a new mineral from ordinary and enstatite chondrites. Meteoritics 30 (4): 387-397. (July 1995). ; Krestina, N., Hsu, W., Wasserburg, G.J. (2002) Circumstellar oxide grains in ordinary chondrites and their origin (abstract). Lunar Planet. Sci. 33: pdf.1425.
Denmark
Zealand Region Lolland ⓘ Maribo meteorite	Haack H. et al. (2012). Maribo—A New CM fall from Denmark. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 47(1): 30-50. (Jan 2012).
DR Congo
Ituri ⓘ Essebi meteorite	El Goresy et al. (1984) A calcium-aluminum-rich inclusion from the Essebi (CM2) chondrite: Evidence for captured spinel-hibonite spherules and for an ultra-refractory rimming sequence. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 48 (11): 2283–2298. (Nov 1984)
Egypt
New Valley Governorate ⓘ Isna meteorite	Russell, S. S., Greenwood, R. C., Fahey, A. J., Huss, G. R. & Wasserburg, G. J. (1994). An ion microprobe study of CAIs from CO3 meteorites. Meteoritics 29 (4): 525-526. (Jul 1994)
France
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Doubs Besançon Ornans ⓘ Ornans Meteorite	A. M. Davis (1985). Refractory Inclusions in the Ornans C3O Chondrite (Abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science XVI, pp. 165-166.
Centre-Val de Loire Loir-et-Cher Vendôme Lancé ⓘ Lancé Meteorite	Brearley, A. J. & Jones, R. H. (1998): Chondritic Meteorites. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, J. J., Editor): Chapter 3, 398 pages. Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA. (1998)
Ile-de-France Paris ⓘ Paris meteorite	Marrocchi, Y., Gounelle, M., Blanchard, I., Caste, F. & Kearsley, A.T. (2014) The Paris CM chondrite: secondary minerals and asteroidal processing. Meteoritics & Planetary Science: 49 (7): 12321249. (July 2014).; Hewins, Roger H. & 16 others (2014) The Paris meteorite, the least altered CM chondrite so far. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 124: 190-222. (1 January 2014); Rubin, A. E. (2015) An American on Paris: Extent of aqueous alteration of a CM chondrite and the petrography of its refractory and amoeboid olivine inclusions. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 50(9): 1595-1612. (Sept 2015).
Occitanie Tarn-et-Garonne Montauban Orgueil ⓘ Orgueil meteorite (Montauban meteorite; Orguell meteorite)	Ian D. Hutcheon, Gary R. Huss, Albert J. Fahey & Gerald J. Wasserburg (1994). Extreme Mg-26 and O-17 enrichments in an Orgueil corundum: Identification of a presolar oxide grain. Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters, vol. 425, # 2, p. L97-L100.
India
Gujarat Surendranagar District ⓘ Dhajala meteorite	Brearley, A.J. & Jones, R.H. (1998) Chondritic Meteorites. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, JJ - Ed.), Chapter 3: 1-398: Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC, USA.
Kerala Kollam District Pathanapuram ⓘ Perunthol-Kakkaponnu	Rajesh, V. J., Arai, S., Santosh, M., & Tamura, A. (2010). LREE-rich hibonite in ultrapotassic rocks in southern India. Lithos, 115(1-4), 40-50. Sandiford, M., & Santosh, M. (1991). A granulite facies kalsilite-leucite-hibonite association from Punalur, Southern India. Mineralogy and Petrology, 43(3), 225-236. Rajesh, V. J., Arima, M., & Santosh, M. (2004). Dunite, glimmerite and spinellite in Achankovil Shear Zone, South India: implications for highly potassic CO2-rich melt influx along an intra-continental shear zone. Gondwana Research, 7(4), 961-974. Rajesh, V. J., & Arai, S. (2006). Baddeleyite-apatite-spinel-phlogopite (BASP) rock in Achankovil Shear Zone, South India, as a probable cumulate from melts of carbonatite affinity. Lithos, 90(1-2), 1-18.
Madhya Pradesh Chhindwara District (Chindawara District; Chindwara District) ⓘ Semarkona meteorite	Brearley, A. J. & Jones, R. H. (1998). Chondritic Meteorites. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, J. J., Editor): Chapter 3, 398 pages. Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA. (1998) ; Srinivasan, G., Russell, S.S., MacPherson, G.J., Huss, G.R. & Wasserburg, G. J. (1996) New Evidence for 26Al in CAI and Chondrules from Type 3 Ordinary Chondrites: Lunar and Planetary Science 27: 1257-1258.; Russell, S.S., Huss, G.R., MacPherson, G.J. & Wasserburg, G.J. (1997) Early and late chondrule formation - New constraints for solar nebula chronology from Al-26/Al-27 in unequilibrated ordinary chondrites: 28th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: 209-210.
Tamil Nadu Krishnagiri District ⓘ Kakangari meteorite	Prinz, M., Weisberg, M. K., Nehru, C. E., MacPherson, G. J., Clayton, R. N. & Mayeda, T. K. (1989) Petrologic and Stable Isotope Study of the Kakangari (K-Group) Chondrite: Chondrules, Matrix, CAI's, Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XX, page 870. (March 1989) ; Grady, M. M., Pratesi, G. & Moggi-Cecchi, V. (2015) Atlas of Meteorites. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, United Kingdom. 373 pages.
Uttar Pradesh Bhadohi (Sant Ravidas Nagar) District ⓘ Bishunpur meteorite (Parjabatpur meteorite)	Krestina, N., Hsu, W., Wasserburg, G.J. (2002) Circumstellar oxide grains in ordinary chondrites and their origin (abstract). Lunar Planet. Sci. 33: pdf.1425.
Israel
Haifa District Kishon river ⓘ Kishon Mid Reach zone 2	J. Hattingh (2019) Updated Competent Person’s Report on the Shefa Gems Ltd Gemstone Assets.
Mount Carmel ⓘ Rakefet magmatic complex	Griffin, W. L., Gain, S. E. M., Adams, D. T., Huang, J. X., Saunders, M., Toledo, V., ... & O’Reilly, S. Y. (2016). First terrestrial occurrence of tistarite (Ti2O3): Ultra-low oxygen fugacity in the upper mantle beneath Mount Carmel, Israel. Geology, 44(10), 815-818.; Griffin, W.L., Gain, S.E.M., Huang, J.-X., Saunders, M., Shaw, J., Toledo, V., O’Reilly, S.Y. (2018): A terrestrial magmatic hibonite-grossite-vanadium assemblage: desilication and extreme reduction in a volcanic plumbing system, Mt Carmel, Israel. American Mineralogist, 103, (in press).; Cámara, F., Bindi, L., Pagano, A., Pagano, R., Gain, S.E.M., Griffin, W.L. (2019): Dellagiustaite: A Novel Natural Spinel Containing V2+. Minerals, 9, 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/min9010004
Italy
Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Province Cento Renazzo ⓘ Renazzo meteorite	Weisberg, M. K. , Prinz, M., Clayton, R. N. , and Mayeda, T.K. (1989) The Renazzo-type CR chondrites. Meteoritics, 24, 339 (abstract).
Vigarano Mainarda Vigarano Pieve ⓘ Vigarano meteorite (Cariani; Ferrara; Mainardi; Morandi; Parish; Pieve; Vigarano Mainarda; Vigarano Pieve; Vigarno; Vigarvano; Vigavano [NHM cat.])	Christophe-Michel-Levy, M., Caye, R., and Nelen, J. (1970) A new mineral in the Vigarano meteorite. Meteoritics, 5, 211; Mao, X.-Y., Ward, B.J., Grossman, L., and MacPherson, G.J. (1990) Chemical compositions of refractory inclusions from the Vigarano and Leoville carbonaceous chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 54, 7, 2121-2132.
Kazakhstan
Pavlodar Region Pavlodar ⓘ Efremovka meteorite	Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI
Kenya
Laikipia County ⓘ Rumuruti meteorite	Rout, S. S. & Bischoff, A. (2008) Ca,Al-rich Inclusions in Rumuruti Chondrites: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX. LPI Contribution No. 1391: p.1255. (March 2008)
Makueni County ⓘ Chyulu Hills	Ulianov, A., Kalt, A., Pettke, T. (2005) Hibonite, Ca (Al, Cr, Ti, Si, Mg, Fe2+)12 O19, in granulite xenoliths from the Chyulu Hills volcanic field, Kenya. European Journal of Mineralogy, 17:2, 343-356.
Madagascar
Anosy Amboasary Sud Maromby ⓘ Ambonaivo Group	Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique Madagascar. A 1871
ⓘ Andranondambo phlogopite deposit	Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique Madagascar. A 1871
ⓘ Andranondambo sapphire deposits	Giuliani, G., Fallick, A., Rakotondrazafy, M., Ohnenstetter, D., Andriamamonjy, A., Ralantoarison, T., Rakotosamizanany, S., Razanatseheno, M., Offant, Y., Garnier, V., Dunaigre, C., Schwarz, D., Mercier, A., Ratrimo, V., and Ralison, B. (2007): Mineralium Deposita 42, 251-270.
ⓘ Bekitoly	Rakotondrazafy, M.A.F., Moine, B. and Cuney, M. (1996) Mode of formation of hibonite (CaAl12O19) within the U-Th skarns from the granulites of S-E Madagascar. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 123: 190-201
ⓘ Belafa area	Arliguie M. photo and specimen
ⓘ Besakoa	Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la Minéralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 42; Rakotondrazafy, M.A.F., Moine, B. and Cuney, M. (1996) Mode of formation of hibonite (CaAl12O19) within the U-Th skarns from the granulites of S-E Madagascar. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 123: 190-201
Esiva ⓘ Esiva eluvials (TL)	Delbos, L. (1955): Note sur le gisement d'un mineral nouveau " la hibonite" de' l'Androy Mandrareen" in Rapport Annuel du Service Geologique pour 1955, Tananarivo.143-144
ⓘ N-W Maromby	Rakotondrazafy, M.A.F., Moine, B. and Cuney, M. (1996) Mode of formation of hibonite (CaAl12O19) within the U-Th skarns from the granulites of S-E Madagascar. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 123: 190-201
Tranomaro Ambindandrakemba ⓘ Ambindandrakemba Mine	Delbos, L. (1955): Note sur le gisement d'un mineral nouveau " la hibonite" de' l'Androy Mandrareen" in Rapport Annuel du Service Geologique pour 1955, Tananarivo.143-144; Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique Madagascar. A 1871
ⓘ Analalava North (Ambindandrakemba 4)	Rakotondrazafy, M.A.F., Moine, B. and Cuney, M. (1996) Mode of formation of hibonite (CaAl12O19) within the U-Th skarns from the granulites of S-E Madagascar. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 123: 190-201
ⓘ Andakato thorianite deposit (Ambindandrakemba 2)	Delbos, L. (1955): Note sur le gisement d'un mineral nouveau " la hibonite" de' l'Androy Mandrareen" in Rapport Annuel du Service Geologique pour 1955, Tananarivo, 143-144
ⓘ Androtsabo north (Ambindandrakemba 5)	Knut Edvard Larsen collection # M-61; Rakotondrazafy, M.A.F.,Moine,B. & Cuney , M. (1996): Mode of formation of hibonite (CaAl12O19) within the U-Th skarns from the granulites of S-E Madagascar. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 123 (2), 190-201
ⓘ Andranokaolo thorianite deposit (Andrakaholo; Andrakakolo)	Schwab, P-N. (1997): Informations Minéralogiques, Géologiques et Paléontologiques. Munich 1997-21-22-23 novembre 1997. La Mecque annuelle de la minéralogie européene. La Règne Minéral 19, 49-54 [A short note one a find of hibonite at Andrakaholo p. 52]
ⓘ Bekinana	Rakotondrazafy, M.A.F., Moine, B. and Cuney, M. (1996) Mode of formation of hibonite (CaAl12O19) within the U-Th skarns from the granulites of S-E Madagascar. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology: 123: 190-201
ⓘ Tranomaro-Maromby area	Knut Edvard Larsen info
ⓘ Vohimena deposit (Vohimena Nord)	Delbos, L. (1955): Note sur le gisement d'un mineral nouveau " la hibonite" de' l'Androy Mandrareen" in Rapport Annuel du Service Geologique pour 1955, Tananarivo.143-144
Mexico
Chihuahua Pueblito de Allende ⓘ Allende meteorite (Pueblito de Allende meteorite; Qutrixpileo meteorite [NHM cat.])	American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 1483–1486, 2009; Ma, C., Paque, J., & Tschauner, O. (2016, March). Discovery of Beckettite, Ca2V6Al6O20, a New Alteration Mineral in a V-Rich Ca-Al-Rich Inclusion from Allende. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 47, p. 1704).
Middle East
ⓘ Hatrurim Formation	Gross, S. (1977): The Mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geological Survey of Israel, Bulletin no. 70, 80 pp.
Morocco
Drâa-Tafilalet Region Errachidia Province Errachidia Cercle M'daghra Lkeng Cäidat ⓘ Northwest Africa 470 meteorite (NWA 470)	Ivanova, M. A. et al (2002): Meteorit.Planet. Sci. 37, 1337-1444.
Myanmar	M. Nagashaima1, T. Armbruster1 and T. Hainschwang (2010): A temperature-dependent structure study of gem-quality hibonite from Myanmar. Mineralogical Magazine 74, 871-885. [p. 874: "probably from Mogok"]
Mandalay Region Pyin-Oo-Lwin District Mogok Township Kyauk-Pyat-That ⓘ Man-taw-bin	Harald Schillhammer collection
ⓘ Tha-Yet-Pin-Pyint	Wild, M. & Milisenda, C.C. (2013): Hibonit aus Myanmar (Burma). Z. Dt. Gemmolog. Ges. 62/1-2, 25-30 (in German).; Sieghard Ellenberger data
Northwest Africa Meteorites
ⓘ Northwest Africa 1934 meteorite (NWA 1934)	Stuart A. Sweeney Smith (2010) Characterization of two atypical refractory inclusions from separate CV3 chondritic meteorites: Petrogenesis in the early Solar System . Senior Comprehensive Exercise Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
Norway
Vestfold og Telemark Nome Søve Mines ⓘ Slag dumps	Dahlgren, S. (2005): Miljøgeologisk undersøkelse av lavradioaktivt slagg fra ferroniobproduksjonen ved Norsk Bergverk på Søve 1956-1965. Regiongeologen for Buskerud, Telemark og Vestfold, Rapport nt 1, 2005. 19-28.
Oman
Al Wusta Governorate Sayh al Uhaymir ⓘ Sayh al Uhaymir 290 meteorite	Zhang, A., & Hsu, W. (2009). Refractory inclusions and aluminum‐rich chondrules in Sayh al Uhaymir 290 CH chondrite: Petrography and mineralogy. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 44(6), 787-804.
Romania
Mureş ⓘ Mezö-Madaras meteorite (Fekete; Madaras; Maros; Mesö-Madarasz; Mezoe-Madaras; Weiler [NHM Cat.])	Michel‐Lévy, M. C. (1988). A New Component of the Mezö‐Madaras Breccia: A Microchondrule‐and Carbon‐Bearing L‐Related Chondrite. Meteoritics, 23(1), 45-48.
Russia
Bashkortostan ⓘ Isheyevo meteorite	Krot, A. N., Ulyanov, A. A. & Ivanova, M. A. (2008) Refractory inclusions in the CH/CB-like carbonaceous chondrite Isheyevo: I. Mineralogy and petrography. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 43, #9, 1531-1550. (Sept 2008)
Kemerovo Oblast Gornaya Shoria Region Tashelga River ⓘ Tashelginskoye Fe-(Co) deposit	Pavel M. Kartashov data; Коноваленко, С. И., Konovalenko, S. I., Ананьев, С. А., Ananyev, S. A., Гармаева, С. С., & Garmayeva, S. S. (2012). Редкие и новые минералы ташелгино-майзаской зоны Горной Шории, их особенности и природа.
Primorsky Krai Krasnoarmeysky District Roshchino Kedrovaya river ⓘ Nezametnoe deposit (Nezametny gold mine)	Pavel M. Kartashov data
Tatarstan Muslyumovsky District ⓘ Kainsaz meteorite (Kaïnsas meteorite [NHM catalogue])	T. Ushikubo, H. Hiyagon & Naogi Sugiura (2000). A FUN-like Hibonite Inclusion in Kainsaz CO3 Chondrite with Large 41K and 26Mg Excesses at the Level of Normal CAIs. 31st Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 13-17, 2000, Houston, Texas, abstract #1561.
South Africa
Western Cape Cape Winelands District Municipality Ceres Koue Bokkeveld Mountain ⓘ Koue Bokkeveld meteorite	Richard C. Greenwood, Robert Hutchinson & G. Cressy (1991). Spinel-bearing refractory inclusions in Cold Bokkeveld. Meteoritics 26, #4, 340. (Dec 1991).
Tanzania
Morogoro Region ⓘ Ligama Hill	Maaskant, P., Coolen, J. J. M., & Burke, E. A. J. (1980). Hibonite and coexisting zoisite and clinozoisite in a calc-silicate granulite from southern Tanzania. Mineralogical Magazine, 43(332), 995-1003.
Ukraine
Mykolayiv Oblast ⓘ Krymka meteorite	Nittler, L.R., C.M.O'D. Alexander, F.J. Stadermann, and E.K. Zinner (____) Presolar Al-, Ca-, and Ti-rich Oxide Grains in the Krymka Meteorite.; Semenenko, V.P., Bischoff, A., Weber, I., Perron, C. & Girich, A.L. (2001). Mineralogy of fine-grained material in the Krymka (LL3) chondrite: Meteoritics & Planetary Science 36(8): 1067-1085. (Aug 2001).
ⓘ Mighei meteorite	MacPherson, G. J. (1984). Refractory inclusions in the Mighei C2 meteorite. Abstracts and Program for the 47th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Co-sponsored by the University of New Mexico and the Lunar and Planetary Institute LPI Contribution 537, p. 50.
USA
Kansas Decatur Co. ⓘ Leoville meteorite (Leoville CV3 chondrite)	Kracher, A., Keil, K., Kallemeyn, G. W., Wasson, J. T., Clayton, R. N. & Huss, G. I. (1985). The Leoville (CV3) accretionary breccia. Journal of Geophysical Research, Supplement, vol. 90: p. D123-D135. (Nov 1985)
McPherson Co. ⓘ Inman meteorite	Lee M R, Russell S S, Arden J W, Pillinger C T (1995) Nierite (Si3N4), a new mineral from ordinary and enstatite chondrites, Meteoritics, 30, 387-398
Kentucky Calloway Co. ⓘ Murray meteorite	American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 1483–1486, 2009; Phinney, D., MacDougall, J. D., & Whitehead, B. (1979). Magnesium Isotopes in Hibonite-Bearing Inclusions from CM Meteorites (Abstract). LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE X, P. 975-977.
Missouri Warren Co. ⓘ Warrenton meteorite	Greenwood, R. C., Hutchison, R., Huss, G. R. & Hutcheon, I. D. (1992) CAIs in CO3 Meteorites: Parent Body or Nebular Alteration? Meteoritics 27 (3): 229. (July 1992)
Oklahoma Washita Co. ⓘ Colony meteorite	Rubin, A. E., James, J. A., Keck, B. D., Weeks, K. S., Sears, D. W. G. & Jarosewich, E. (1985) The Colony meteorite and variations in CO3 chondrite properties. Meteoritics 20(2, part 1): 175-196. (June 1985); Grossite, Hibonite, Melilite
Texas McLennan Co. ⓘ Axtell meteorite	Srinivasan, G., Huss, G. R. & Wasserburg, G. J. ( 2000). A petrographic, chemical, and isotopic study of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions and aluminum-rich chondrules from the Axtell (CV3) chondrite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 35 (6): 1333-1354. (Nov 2000)
Utah Piute Co. ⓘ Pine Canyon	Mineralogical Magazine 1998 62 : 265-269
Virginia Henrico Co. ⓘ Sharps meteorite	Brearley, A.J. & Jones, R.H. (1998) Chondritic Meteorites. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, JJ - Ed.), Chapter 3: 1-398: Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC, USA. ; Bischoff, A. & Keil, K. (1984) Al-rich objects in ordinary chondrites: Related origin of carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites and their constituents. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 48 (4): 693-709.
Yemen
Hadhramaut Governorate ⓘ Kaidun meteorite	Zolensky, M. & A.Ivanov, Chemie der Erde 63,185-246(2003)
Outer Space	European Journal of Mineralogy; December; v. 19; no. 6; p. 771-782; DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-1766