There's a problem with wellness crystals
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The wellness industry is booming, and that includes crystals. But where exactly do they come from?
Plenty of crystals are mined unethically, using child labour or damaging the environment, and it's hard to know which ones to trust.
Today's episode traces the source of so-called healing crystals from far flung mines, to shiny Australian shop fronts.
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Jed Underwood, part-owner, Mineralism
Emily Atkin, Staff Writer, The New Republic
Dr Andrew Christy, University of Queensland
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