Ever wondered what ethical or Artisanal mining looks like?
In this video, I spend a couple of days with small claim miners in the Deniyaya region of Sri Lanka.
The gems in this region are high in Beryllium and Chromium and high grade Alexandrite, chrysoberyl, Green tourmaline and green zircon have been found in the gem gravel here.
Unfortunately, we didn't find an Alexandrite at this time - although later we did - but most of the stones were Tourmaline and green Zircon.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 rough sapphire finds
00:57 Main street Deniyaya
01:29 Tuk Tuk to the mining location
03:09 Arrival at mine
03:32 Digging the gem gravel
03:56 Washing the gem gravel - first wash
05:44 Slucing the gem gravel - second wash
06:30 Sorting the gem gravel
09:25 Alexandrite/ sapphire/ tourmaline/ zircon?
12:56 testing for colour change
13:30 Day 2 digging gem gravel
14:41 Gem finds
18:20 tuk tuk to Sinharaja Forest
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