We are just north of the Amazon Basin, riding a boat on the Ikabaru River. The passengers are people who buy gold and diamonds. They stop at each of the illegal mines that appear as craters on the river’s edge. They carry small weighing scales that seem very accurate, magnifying loupes, burners to melt the gold and separate the mercury, and some large spoons to collect it.
http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/03/15642985-gold-and-diamond-rush-fuels-dreams-in-south-american-borderlands?lite
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