Eyewitness: A sapphire pit in Ilakaka, Madagascar
Source: The Guardian
Thursday 2nd September, 2010
Miners work the sandstone burrows of a sapphire pit in Ilakaka, which enjoyed a 'gold rush' boom when the first gems were found in 1998.
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