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olelukoe
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 Posted: Aug 22, 2010 09:59 Post subject: Please help me identify locality name for this specimen... |
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My friend just returned from a trip to Madagascar - he is not a professional in the minerals ... There sellers sold him few specimens of chrysoberyl (of course it's apatite, not a chrysoberyl specimen !), but from which locality ? I read earlier that the apatite was found near the Ankarafa village...
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2010 10:58 Post subject: Re: Please help me identify locality name for this specimen... |
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I never saw an Fluorapatite like this from Madagascar, but I agree with you that is some similitude (just some) with the Fluorapatites from Ankarafa.
Jordi
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olelukoe
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2010 11:14 Post subject: Re: Please help me identify locality name for this specimen... |
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| I also have not seen such from Madagascar ...
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Antonio Alcaide
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2010 12:19 Post subject: Re: Please help me identify locality name for this specimen... |
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Hi,
As far as I know it could be from Ikalamavony, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar. I am quite sure because I have read something about a new find there. I post a photo.
Regards.
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olelukoe
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2010 12:49 Post subject: Re: Please help me identify locality name for this specimen... |
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Many thanks Antonio !
It's really looking like specimen on my photo....
Oleg
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Antonio Alcaide
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2010 14:04 Post subject: Re: Please help me identify locality name for this specimen... |
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You are welcome, Oleg. But I suggest you waiting another minsurfer's confirmation. It looks like odd to me that Jordi Fabre does not know that supposed new find from Madagascar, so I could be wrong. The two apatites are very similar, so they obviously must come from the same locality but further information about it should be necessary.
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Aug 22, 2010 15:10 Post subject: Re: Please help me identify locality name for this specimen... |
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I agree, they look extremely similar, so I believe they could be from the same place.
BTW, the photo of the Fluorapatite published by Antonio Alcaide is from Tomasz Praszkier. As he is a member of this Forum I suppose he won't complain about it, but is fair to give him credit...
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