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Stream Sediment Survey in South-Eastern Madagascar 2005 - 2006
A major stream sediment survey covering almost 15,000 km˛ in SE Madagascar
started in mid-2005 and ended in 2008. The samples - 2,000 in total - were analysed for a very wide range of elements (>50).
Source of map: routard.com
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Fort-Dauphin area, south-eastern Madagascar
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![View from Fort-Dauphin towards the NE, the palaeodunes are rich in ilmenite and will soon be mined by Rio Tinto.](../assets/images/auto_generated_images/a_fort_dauphin_bay_tn.jpg) |
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View from Fort-Dauphin towards the NE, the palaeodunes are rich in ilmenite and will soon be mined by Rio Tinto.
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![Ambinanibe Bay, west of Fort-Dauphin: quartzo- feldspathic gneiss, so- called leptynite, showing original sedimentary bedding](../assets/images/auto_generated_images/a_leptynite_tn.jpg) |
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Ambinanibe Bay, west of Fort-Dauphin: quartzo- feldspathic gneiss, so- called leptynite, showing original sedimentary bedding
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Andranondambo Sapphire Deposit, Manambolo Valley, Anosy Region:
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Manambolo Valley, Anosy Region: various localities
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Ankazoabo Sapphire Deposit, Manambolo Valley, Anosy Region
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Akazoabo Sapphire deposit: traces of subhorizontal plagioclasite veins in marble. These veins carried small pockets of sapphire crystals
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Marosohihy Uranothorianite Mine, Manambolo Valley, Anosy Region
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General view of the Marosohihy Uranothorianite Mine, abandoned in 1969 (?), geologically it is a U-Th-skarn.
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Marosohihy Mine: white plagioclase accumulations with corundum, see next photo.
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Marosohihy Uranothorianite Mine: contact zone of pyroxenite (left), granitic dikes and marble.
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![Marosohihy Mine: subhedral, bright blue corundum (3 cm wide) in white plagioclasite.](../assets/images/auto_generated_images/a_corundum_tn_1.jpg) |
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Marosohihy Mine: subhedral, bright blue corundum (3 cm wide) in white plagioclasite.
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