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Graphite from
Tsavorite mining area, Gogogogo, Gogogogo, Ampanihy District, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar


Locality type:Diggings
Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tsavorite mining area, Gogogogo, Gogogogo, Ampanihy District, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1467940
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1467940:9
GUID (UUID V4):beebeb61-35dc-4c57-9740-9b9729d7297a
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chromian diopside crystals on large, well-formed grey graphite crystals, field of view 3 cm - Philip Hitge specimen...particularly Orogenic Belt - which runs from Madagascar through Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia and into the...father, Campbell Bridges, was the discoverer of tsavorite in both countries, and the first person to bring...the national gemstones of Kenya and Tanzania (tsavorite and tanzanite, respectively) occur within a 160-kilometre...commercial quantities only in East Africa. While tsavorite and tanzanite are the most renowned gemstones
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Thanasuthipitak and Wilawan Atichat 230 The Discoverer of Tsavorite—Campbell Bridges—and His Scorpion Mine By Bruce...Montepuez Area (Mozambique)’ can be accessed at www.gia.edu/gia-rubies-from-montepuez-area, and ‘Blue...in the inclusion scene. The haze across the dark area is created by the out-of-focus series of negative...the road leading to the Spitzkoppe beryl and topaz area in west-central Namibia. At first glance the material...Taita-Taveta District, Voi, Kenya, is notable for having a significantly lighter colour than the tsavorite that
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beryl • Chalcedony from Oregon • Demantoid from Madagascar • Enstatite from Pakistan • Opal from Argentina...Fabaceae. Copal from Colombia, Tanzania, and Madagascar, as well as amber from the Dominican Republic...hardens to become copal, such as this sample from Madagascar (21.53 ct). Photo by Hideaki Fukushima. family...from each of four sources (Colombia, Brazil, Madagascar, and Tanzania); and a representative piece of...Republic Amber Mexico Copal Colombia Copal Madagascar Copal Tanzania Copal Brazil Amber Amber
 
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