SAMANTHA APPLETON
Mining Madagascar: 20050915_1920b_1
![Men work in a smaller mine in the form of a deep, narrow hole. The saphire boom that started in 1998 has lured the very poorest from all over Madagascar to try their own hand at mining.](http://cdn.lightgalleries.net/4bd5ebf1bfe7f/images/20050915_1920b_1-2.jpg)
Men work in a smaller mine in the form of a deep, narrow hole. The saphire boom that started in 1998 has lured the very poorest from all over Madagascar to try their own hand at mining.
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