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[The Guardian] From trash to treasure: emerald hunters in Colombia – in pictures

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From trash to treasure: emerald hunters in Colombia – in pictures

Every year, hundreds of emerald hunters dig through mining debris in Las Animas River, in the foothills of the eastern Andes mountain range. Colombia is by far the world’s largest producer of the precious stones, and the mining municipality of Muzo is known as the emerald capital of the world

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