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Pezzottaite - Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (TL) (#:MINS9276)

Pezzottaite hexagonal xls up to 2.5 mm long with good color on albite matrix from the type locality.

Formula :
Cs(Be₂Li)Al₂(Si₆O₁₈)
System: trigonal Hardness:8 Rarity:rare
Strunz id:III/C.1-20 - HALOGENIDES
Name origin: Named by Brendan M. Laurs, et al. in 2003 in honor of Federico Pezzotta (28 October 1965, Bergamo, Italy - ), petrologist and curator at the Museo Civico, Milano, Italy, for his work on Madagascar granitic pegmatites.