Annual contest turns Greenlanders into rockhounds

The onset of summer in Greenland brings with it ujarassiorita, a state-sponsored competition in which residents are encouraged to send rocks to the government to be tested for minerals.Ujarassiorita, which means "go rock hunting" in Danish, has turned the island's...

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