Vránaite from
Manjaka (Sahananana), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

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Manjaka, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

Vránaite, etc.

Manjaka, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

Vránaite, etc.

Manjaka, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

Vránaite, etc.

Manjaka, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

Vránaite, etc.

Manjaka, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

Vránaite, etc.

Manjaka, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

Vránaite, etc.

Manjaka, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

Classification
Locality type:	Pegmatite
Species:	Vránaite
Formula:	Al₁₆B₄Si₄O₃₈
Comments:	Occurs as a breakdown product of spodumene.
Habit:	As aggregates of subparallel prisms up to 100 μm long.
Confirmation
Validity:	Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:	Albite Boralsilite K Feldspar Spodumene
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Spodumene	3
Albite	3
Rhodizite	1
Fluorapatite	1
- var Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Vránaite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Manjaka (Sahananana), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	961555
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:961555:7
GUID (UUID V4):	0
References
Hålenius, U., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2016) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015 and 2016, CNMNC Newsletter No 29. Mineralogical Magazine, 80 (1) 199-205 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.080 Cempírek, Jan, Grew, Edward S., Kampf, Anthony R., Ma, Chi, Novák, Milan, Gadas, Petr, Škoda, Radek, Vašinová-Galiová, Michaela, Pezzotta, Federico, Groat, Lee A., Krivovichev, Sergey V. (2016) Vránaite, ideally Al₁₆B₄Si₄O₃₈, a new mineral related to boralsilite, Al₁₆B₆Si₂O₃₇, from the Manjaka pegmatite, Sahatany Valley, Madagascar. American Mineralogist, 101 (9) 2108-2117 doi:10.2138/am-2016-5686

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Vránaite from Manjaka (Sahananana), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

Vránaite from
Manjaka (Sahananana), Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar