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⇱ Gibbsite occurrence, Vohitsara, Ambinaninony, Brickaville District, Atsinanana, Madagascar

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Gibbsite occurrence, Vohitsara, Ambinaninony, Brickaville District, Atsinanana, Madagascari
Regional Level Types
Gibbsite occurrenceOccurrence
VohitsaraVillage
AmbinaninonyCommune
Brickaville DistrictDistrict
AtsinananaRegion
MadagascarCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
304478
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:304478:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
, Vohitsara, Kaominin' Ambinaninony, Distrikan'i Brickaville, Faritr' Antsinanana, Faritanin'i Toamasina, Madagasikara


Located about 3 km east of the village of Vohitsara. A granite is nearly completely decomposed into gibbsite. Lacroix (1922) mentions crystals of graphite up to 1.5 cm in dimeter from this locality.

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2 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Entries shown in red are rocks recorded for this region.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Gibbsite
Formula: Al(OH)3
ⓘ Graphite
Formula: C

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘGraphite1.CB.05aC
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘGibbsite4.FE.10Al(OH)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GibbsiteAl(OH)3
CCarbon
Cⓘ GraphiteC
OOxygen
Oⓘ GibbsiteAl(OH)3
AlAluminium
Alⓘ GibbsiteAl(OH)3

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Madagascar
Somali PlateTectonic Plate

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