Inside Sri Lanka's deadly underground mines filled with rare jewels
Almost every gemstone in the world can be found in deep underground pits in Sri Lanka, a country renowned for its colored sapphires. But mining for the gems is dangerous for workers and harmful to the environment, and the industry as a whole is struggling in the aftermath of social and political unrest in Colombo.
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Almost every gemstone in the world can be found in deep underground pits in Sri Lanka, a country renowned for its colored sapphires. But mining for the gems is dangerous for workers and harmful to the environment, and the industry as a whole is struggling in the aftermath of social and political unrest in Colombo.