Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a brownish-yellow color and very well defined faces and edges, with the forms of the octahedron and the rhombohedron. Currently what was called betafite has been discredited as a species and it is now considered as a variety of pyrochlore. As with most of the members of the pyrochlore group, it is in a revision process.
Ambalahazo, Fidirana Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region Madagascar (±1977)
Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.9 × 2.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.75” × 0.83”
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