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Sapphire mining and trading around Ilakaka, Madagascar by GIA

COLORLINE > Reports and movies > Sapphire mining and trading around Ilakaka, Madagascar by GIA
Guji 24 June 2017

In this short video you will accompany GIA Field Gemologist Vincent Pardieu and his team as they introduce you to Madagascar’s Ilakaka sapphire mining area. Located in the south of the island of Madagascar, the Ilakaka area is one of the world’s largest sapphire deposits, and currently one of the most active.

 

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Notes

The rainbow, symbol of radiance whose colours can be found in sapphires has become the emblem of the Ilakaka deposit and has inspired our rainbow lines of sapphires, like a wink to all those shades.

Photography credits: Maryan Calinski, Vincent Pardieu, Lucie Martinez et Guillaume Soubiraa.

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