Destee
11-19-2007, 01:36 PM
A Rush on Madagascar Sapphires (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7098213.stm)
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"Children who I thought were innocently swimming return from the river with handfuls of sapphires."
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Madagascar has one of the largest gem stone deposits on the planet.
It was back in 1998 that the discovery of major sapphire deposits in the hot and rocky plains of the island's southern interior sparked an extraordinary scramble for wealth. Ilakaka and the surrounding region now accounts for around 50% of the world's sapphires.
Click Here To Read Entire Article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7098213.stm)
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Destee
http://destee.com/images/sapphire.jpg
"Children who I thought were innocently swimming return from the river with handfuls of sapphires."
http://destee.com/images/sapphire1.jpg
Madagascar has one of the largest gem stone deposits on the planet.
It was back in 1998 that the discovery of major sapphire deposits in the hot and rocky plains of the island's southern interior sparked an extraordinary scramble for wealth. Ilakaka and the surrounding region now accounts for around 50% of the world's sapphires.
Click Here To Read Entire Article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7098213.stm)
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Destee