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Bekily / Tranomaro (Madagascar) garnet and phlogopite
Gem locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: spinel, and phlogopite from southern Madagascar.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Granulite-facies metamorphics
Southern Madagascar color-change garnet source
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