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⇱ Grossular from Itrafo, Ampanivana area, Andrembesoa, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar


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Grossular from
Itrafo, Ampanivana area, Andrembesoa, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

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Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Grossular
Formula:Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Chemical Analyses:
Oxide wt%:
1
SiO239.47 %
TiO20.34 %
Al2O321.14 %
Cr2O30.00 %
Fe2O31.85 %
V2O30.19 %
FeO0.12 %
MnO0.10 %
MgO0.27 %
CaO36.49 %
Na2O0.01 %
K2O0.00 %
Total:99.98 %
Sample references:
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Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Grossular data
Locality Data:Click here to view Itrafo, Ampanivana area, Andrembesoa, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:835559
Long-form Identifier:1:3:835559:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Grossular
34.1km (21.2 miles) Maharitra, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II District, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TSAVORITE The Green Gem Variety of Grossular Merelani Hills, Manyara District, Tanzania G rossular, Ca3Al2(SiO4)3...massive material from Pakistan (Anderson 1966). Grossular forms in contact-metamorphosed limestone/marble...and tsavorite, the emerald-green grossular. Variably colored grossular specimens from the Jeffrey mine...important question: “At what point does green grossular have sufficient depth and intensity of color to...Tanzanian garnet and proposed the name vanadian grossular, now superseded by the accepted name tsavorite
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Karpatoch (Slovensko) Chromium- and vanadium-rich grossular from Dubová skarn, Malé Karpaty Mountains (Slovakia)...(Praha) 23, 1, 19-25. ISSN 1211-0329. Abstract Grossular garnet, enriched in Cr and V, forms rare subhedral...limestones and Carboniferous granitic rocks. Grossular crystals shows two distinct zones: Cr-V enriched...sharp boundary between the zones. The Cr,V-rich grossular cores contain 0.9 to 5.3 wt. % Cr2O3 (0.06 to...cores and rims show (in mol.%): 60 - 73 and 75 94 grossular, 11 - 19 and 2 - 19 andradite, 3 - 18 and 0 -
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Thesis/Dissertation
end-members pyrope, almandine, spessartine, andradite, grossular, and uvarovite. The large variation in garnets...divided into two species: ugrandite (uvarovite, grossular and andradite) and pyralspite (pyrope, spessartine...as pyrope-andradite, spessartine-grossular, and almandine-grossular. This study concluded that refractive................ 22 2.5.3.1.2.5. Antetezambato, Madagascar ................................................................................ 24 2.5.4. Grossular .............................................
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Journal (issue)
field was adjusted to subtend a maximal surface area across only the emerald surface. The EDX was operated...Muzo and Cosquez lie in the Muzo Belt (the 1226 area) trending NNE along the western fringe of the emerald...kilometres east of Chivor in the Chivor Belt (the 1228 area) trending NE along the southeastern fringe. By performing...around organic black shales in the western 1226 area (Guavio-Macanal) and carbonaceous black shales with...intercalated dolomitic limestone in the eastern 1228 area (Rosablanca formation and Paja formation) (Cheilletz
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Journal (issue)
p.BCr1 GIA G&G Spring ʻ11 Journal #20183-0 Madagascar Demantoid Andesine and Zircon from China Vietnamese...Demantoid and Topazolite from Antetezambato, Northern Madagascar: Review and New Data Federico Pezzotta, Ilaria...northeastern China. 42 Aquamarine from the Thuong Xuan District, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam Le Thi-Thu Huong...Tucson 2011 • Faceted cavansite • More green grossular from Tanzania • Blue quartz colored by trolleite...near the village of Antetezambato, in northern Madagascar, emerged as an important source of demantoid
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Journal (issue)
Gem News International Color-change Ethiopian grossular • Green-blue Maxixe beryl • Trapiche-like amethyst...characteristic infrared absorption feature at 2800 cm–1. The area SUMMER 2018 115 DISTRIBUTION OF HUE AND SATURATION...stains after faceting, particularly in the girdle area (again, see figure 11), to provide confirmation...creating a transmission window within the green area. For brown radiation stains, the color is determined...these diamonds are ~700 Ma kimberlite sills in the area (Kaminsky et al., 2000, 2004), and the lack of abundant
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