Madagascar

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Fasibitikite vein
	Ampasibitika, Ampasindava Peninsula, Ambanja District, Diana (Northern) Region, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar A massive vein of so-called "fasibitikite" of Tertiary age in Jurassic Isalo limestones. Fasibitikite is an alkaline granite (aegirine granite) and carries economic quantities of rare earths, tantalum, niobium, zirconium, hafnium and uranium. Eudialyte may be a major constituent of this rock, other macroscopically identifiable minerals include ...
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Spodumene : LiAl[Si₂O₆]
	Ampatsikahitra (Ampasihiatra) pegmatites, Sahatany Valley, Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Bity (Ibity) area), Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar Giant spodumen (var. kunzite) crystals frozen in quartz in Ampatsikahitra workings, February 2009. Fot. T. Praszkier.
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Inside workings in Ampatsikahitra pegmatite, February 2009
	Ampatsikahitra (Ampasihiatra) pegmatites, Sahatany Valley, Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Bity (Ibity) area), Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar One of tunnels in Ampatsikahitra pegmatite with well visible big feldspar and kunzite crystals. Fot. T. Praszkier.
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Local miners at Estatoby
	Antanetinilapa (Estatoby), Sahatany Valley, Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Bity (Ibity) area), Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar Local miners at Antanetinilapa. The Sahatany River is seen in the center of the picture and the Ibity Massif in the background. Date: 26.4.89. Phto:Knut Edvard Larsen
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Marosohy open pit U-Th-mine
	Marosohy (Marosohihy) thorianite deposit, Belafa area, Maromby Commune, Amboasary District, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar The abandoned Marosohy (Marosohihy) open pit mine which the French mined for uranium and thorium until the 1970s. Photograph taken by Wolfgang Hampel in August 2005. Width of view approximately 140 m.
© Wolfgang Hampel	Photo ID: 200916 View Count: 66
Samiresy
	Samiresy, Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Bity (Ibity) area), Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar On our way to Samiresy as it looked like in 1993. The dumps of the pegmatite workings can been seen in the foreground of the picture.
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Sapphire mining
	Andranondambo sapphire deposits, Maromby Commune, Amboasary District, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar Abandoned pits of local sapphire miners at the main Andranondambo sapphire deposit. Approximate width: 4 m. Taken in 2005.
© Wolfgang Hampel	Photo ID: 201021 View Count: 120
Sapphire mining
	Andranondambo sapphire deposits, Maromby Commune, Amboasary District, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar Subvertical plagioclasite veins in "cipolin", a mica-rich marble. These plagioclasite veins are the carrier of the primary sapphire mineralization at Andranondambo. Width of view approximately 1.50 m. Taken in 2005.
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Sapphire mining
	Andranondambo sapphire deposits, Maromby Commune, Amboasary District, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar General view of the artisanal sapphire mining site near Andranondambo. The main sapphire deposit forms a slight ridge. The marbles, skarns, cipolins and sapphire-bearing plagioclasite veins are covered by a thick crust of calcrete. Alluvial and eluvial sapphire is found all around the ridge. Width of view approximately 250 m. Taken in August 2005.
© Wolfgang Hampel	Photo ID: 201028 View Count: 65
Tompoambohitra
	Tompoambohitra (Tokambohitra), Sahatany Valley, Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Bity (Ibity) area), Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar View of the Tompoambohitra workings. Date:4/3-1989. Photo:Knut Edvard Larsen
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