Diamond Sifters in Stream Bed, Tortiya, Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)

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Buckets of soil are carried to workers who use the water of nearby streams to sift through the soil in the hope that a diamond will be found during the search.

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Size: 5266px × 3518px
Location: Tortiya, Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa
Photo credit: © Charles O. Cecil / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: africa, african, artisanal, coast, cote, diamond, divoire, environment, gem, ivory, laborer, labourer, miner, mineral, natural, panning, prospecting, resource, sifting, stream, tortiya