Locality type: Mine Classification Species: Pezzottaite-(Cs) Formula: Cs(Be2 Li)Al2 (Si6 O18 ) Comments: Found in a large miarolitic cavity containing large crystals of citrine quartz, green amazonite, albite, green-to pink spodumene and multicolored liddicoatite. Quality for species: Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) Confirmation Validity: Valid - Type Locality Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Schorl 25 Albite 22 - var Cleavelandite 2 Elbaite 13 Quartz 13 - var Chalcedony 6 Chiavennite 12 Tourmaline 8 Cassiterite 6 Lepidolite 3 Mica Group 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Pezzottaite-(Cs) data Locality Data: Click here to view Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar Photo Gallery View Gallery (189 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 217999 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:217999:5 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 References Laurs, Brendan M., Simmons, William B. (Skip), Rossman, George R., Quinn, Elizabeth P., McClure, Shane F., Peretti, Adi, Armbruster, Thomas, Hawthorne, Frank C., Falster, Alexander U., Günther, Detlef, Cooper, Mark A., Grobéty, Bernard (2003) Pezzottaite from Ambatovita, Madagascar: A New Gem Mineral. Gems & Gemology , 39 (4) 284-301 doi:10.5741/gems.39.4.284 Rossman, George R., Simmons, William B., Hawthorne, Frank C., Cooper, Mark A., Laurs, Brendan M., Armbruster, Thomas, Peretti, Adolf, Günter, Detlef, Grobéty, Bernard, Falster, Alexander U. (2004) Pezzottaite..a Spectacular New Beryl-Group Mineral from the Sakavalana Pegmatite, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar. The Mineralogical Record , 35 (5) 369-378 Search for references including Pezzottaite-(Cs) Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar