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Vakinankaratra
Antsongombato rhodizite mine
Crystal locality Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: rhodizite-londonite, danburite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Small pegmatite south of Betafo, world source of gem rhodizite-londonite
Documented in Madagascan pegmatite and gem literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
hand-dug workings
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