PRIME MAG - AIR MAD - JULY 2018 -all- LO-RES

DESTINATIONS
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Ambondromifehy
Photo © : Michel CAVIN
Photo © : Michel CAVIN
It was a village without
a history background,
until the discovery of a
quarry of blue sapphire
in Kepakepa.
Taking the RN6 to the north of
Madagascar will lead us to the
village Ambondromifehy. More
precisely, it is located 43 kilometers
from Ambilobe, in the rural district
of Anivorano North. With its 3000 inhabitants,
Ambondromifehy represents the typical
Malagasy life-style with a plenty of straw
houses, small shops everywhere in-between,
and just a few concrete buildings..
It was a village without a history
background, until the discovery of a
quarry of blue sapphire in Kepakepa,
located 2 kilometers away from
Ambondromifehy, in 1996. After the
rush of Sapphire prospectors, the
villagers had to adapted to a very
different life, revolving around
this new activity. Many of
them started working in
this mine.
The sapphires of
Ambondromifehy are of
various qualities, but even
some star sapphires, the
rarest gemstone of the world,
have been found.
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