jade miner, mining field, in Hpakant area, Kachin State, Northern Myanmar. 挖玉石的人, 採礦場

In this June 15, 2015 photo, freelance jade miners collect jade stones in an earth dump of a companies' mining field in Hpakant area, Kachin State, Northern Myanmar. Uncontrolled mining of Myanmar’s famously valuable jade deposits is enriching individuals and companies tied to the country’s former military rulers while exacting a growing human and environmental toll on impoverished Kachin state. (AP Photo/Hkun Lat)
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Itinerant miners wait as a mining company vehicle dumps rubble on a mine dump in HpakantSoe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Itinerant miners scramble up a pile of rubble to search for jade stones at a mine in HpakantSoe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Itinerant miners search a mound of rubble at a jade mine in HpakantSoe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Freelance miners dig for raw jade stones in an enormous rubble heap at a mine in Hpakant, in this photo taken on 4 October 2015Ye Aung Thu/AFP

Itinerant jade pickers' makeshift shelters are seen at the foot of a slag heap in Hpakant on 4 October 2015Ye Aung Thu/AFP

Traders are pictured inspect jade at a tea shop in Hpakant on 8 July 2013Minzayar/Reuters
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