Miakanjovato pegmatite, Ambolotarakely, Ankazobe District, Analamanga, Madagascar

Locality produced magnificent yellow crystals of chrysoberyl, chrysoberyl-beryl intergrowths and acicular tourmaline in quartz, in addition to rose quartz, large crystals of monazite, columbite, bismuthinite, samarskite and "ampangabeite" (samarskite-(Y)).

Ref: Madagascar, extraLapis, English No.1, 2001, p. 44

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