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Slide set: [Mining precious stones in Burma] (lecture: Underwood and Underwood, at least 7 slides, n.d.)

Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1


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Slide 2


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Slide 3
Burmese natives dredging the river-bed and searching dried gravel for rubies, Mogok, Burma
Slide 4
Crude native method of washing the ruby laden gravel, in the rich mines of Mogok, Upper Burma
Slide 5


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Slide 6


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Slide 7
Ruby cutting in a native shop -- with rude tools, but producing remarkable gems, in the famous mines of Mogok, Burma
Main type of image
photograph
Main usage of set
lecture
Date of first manufacture
unknown
Collections

3 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID  3007923

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 25 May 2021

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