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Ilakaka sapphire fields (Madagascar)
Gem locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Blue, pink, and fancy sapphire from vast alluvial diggings.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Alluvial gem gravels (Isalo sandstone-derived)
Ilakaka: one of the world's largest sapphire deposits, found 1998
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