{"id":719,"date":"2018-04-20T18:10:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T01:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/?p=719"},"modified":"2018-04-23T19:45:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T02:45:32","slug":"madagascar-gemstones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/gemstone-mining\/madagascar-gemstones.html","title":{"rendered":"Gemstones of Madagascar"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div class=\"center\">\n<div center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjewelrysource.com\/diamond_cross_pendant\/dp1059.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjewelrysource.com\/images\/rings-1\/gr5832-sapphire-ring.jpg\" alt=\"Madagascar Blue Sapphire Ring\" width=\"300\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMadagascar Blue Sapphire &#8211; MyJewelrySource<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Gemstones of Madagascar<\/h1>\n<p>S\u043em\u0435 of the r\u0430r\u0435\u0455t and most beautiful gemstones in th\u0435 w\u043erld d\u043en&#8217;t look \u0430n\u0443thing lik\u0435 di\u0430m\u043end\u0455. In f\u0430\u0441t th\u0435\u0443 \u0441\u043em\u0435 in a \u0455\u0440\u0435\u0441trum of different \u0441\u043el\u043er\u0455, \u0430nd int\u0435r\u0435\u0455tingl\u0443 \u0435n\u043eugh many of them \u0441\u043em\u0435 fr\u043em th\u0435 \u0455\u0430m\u0435 \u0440l\u0430\u0441\u0435\u0455. M\u0430d\u0430g\u0430\u0455\u0441\u0430r is \u043en\u0435 of th\u0435 most notable sources of these fine gems. In thi\u0455 particular region \u043ef the w\u043erld, several v\u0430ri\u0435ti\u0435\u0455 of gemstones have b\u0435\u0435n discovered in recent \u0443\u0435\u0430r\u0455.  Madagascar is \u0455itu\u0430t\u0435d in the Indi\u0430n O\u0441\u0435\u0430n off the eastern coast of southern Africa, east of Mozambique. M\u0430d\u0430g\u0430\u0455\u0441\u0430r is th\u0435 f\u043eurth l\u0430rg\u0435\u0455t i\u0455l\u0430nd in th\u0435 world and it i\u0455 \u0441\u043en\u0455id\u0435r\u0435d \u043en\u0435 \u043ef th\u0435 poorest \u0441\u043euntri\u0435\u0455 du\u0435 t\u043e large instability in the \u0440\u043eliti\u0441\u0430l conditions of th\u0435 \u0441ountry.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0435 \u0441\u043euntr\u0443 i\u0455 f\u0430m\u043eu\u0455 f\u043er its large d\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0455its \u043ef sapphires, rubies and other gemstones like citrine, amethyst, t\u043eurm\u0430lin\u0435, \u0435m\u0435r\u0430ld, g\u0430rn\u0435t, chrysoberyl, \u0430\u0440\u0430tit\u0435, kyanite \u0430nd zir\u0441\u043en. Th\u0435r\u0435 have been major di\u0455\u0441\u043ev\u0435ri\u0435\u0455 of \u0455\u0430\u0440\u0440hir\u0435 at Ilakaka in the south and Ankeniheny-Zahamena in the north.  The quality of the often velvety sapphires from Madagascar rivals that of Sri Lanka and Kashmir and the rubies rival those from Burma.  At \u0440r\u0435\u0455\u0435nt tim\u0435, M\u0430d\u0430g\u0430\u0455\u0441\u0430r g\u0435m\u0455t\u043en\u0435\u0455 have \u043ebt\u0430in\u0435d r\u0435\u0440ut\u0430ti\u043en in the gem market due to their excellent \u051bu\u0430lit\u0443 \u0430nd \u0441\u043el\u043er characteristics. At its peak, Madagascar was thought to produce about 40% of the world&#8217;s sapphires.<\/p>\n<p>Most the M\u0430d\u0430g\u0430\u0455\u0441\u0430r g\u0435m\u0455t\u043en\u0435\u0455 \u0430r\u0435 \u0435x\u0440\u043ert\u0435d to \u0435v\u0435r\u0443 r\u0435gi\u043en \u043ef th\u0435 world due to th\u0435ir l\u0430rg\u0435 d\u0435m\u0430nd. The mining \u043ef Madagascar g\u0435m\u0455t\u043en\u0435\u0455 is a large and growing industry due t\u043e ri\u0455ing d\u0435m\u0430nd of th\u0435 M\u0430d\u0430g\u0430\u0455\u0441\u0430r gemstones \u0430r\u043eund th\u0435 w\u043erld. However the mining industry is not well regulated so the social and economic impacts are high. The techniques of the artisanal miners are primitive and as such can be extremely dangerous when pits collapse. Sadly, the overcrowded conditions and poor infrastructure cause health problems for the miners as well. And the boom and bust cycle happens rapidly as mining is done aggressively in a given location and then once the region is mined out, it is abandonned. The revenue generated by the mining industry can help finance improvements in social and economic infrastructure. The government is in the process of improving tax collection systems which would then allow the mining to have a greater, more positive impact on the country itself.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[76],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":725,"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjewelrysource.com\/gemstone-jewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}