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English: An early turquoise mine in the Madan village of Khorasan, Greater Khorasan.
Legend: Washing turquoise gems at the Madan mines.
Français : Henry de Bouillane de Lacoste, Autour de l'Afghanistan (aux frontières interdites), 1908, planche 9, p. 16. (Le voyage - et les photos - date de 1906.)
Légende : "Comment se fait le lavage des turquoises aux mines de Madan" (Grand Khorassan). Photo tirée de la version anglaise de 1909.
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Author Major Henri De Bouillane de Lacoste (tr. by J. G. Anderson)
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