This week Elle and Amaya deep dive into what it really looks like for the mine workers that support the crystal industry and the devastating stories of poverty and addiction in many of these mine towns.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/17/healing-crystals-wellness-mining-madagascar

https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/crystal-industry-dark-side

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/world/searching-for-burmese-jade-and-finding-misery.html#