Colombian Emeralds - Canadian Institute of Gemmology

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In the mines, a month or more of mining commonly separates discoveries which may contain in volume not more than a soft ball, gems worth from a few thousand to several million dollars. 21
Annual production of emeralds from Colombia is not known with any degree of accuracy due to clandestine operations. Average yearly production from 1964-1967 was 325,000 carats, much of it low grade stones. 22
Page 1 and 2: Digital Images and Commentary court
Page 3 and 4: Colombia is the fourth largest coun
Page 5 and 6: The flora and fauna of Colombia are
Page 7 and 8: Emeralds were prized by the natives
Page 9 and 10: The Muzo emerald mining district co
Page 11 and 12: These next few shots are of the tow
Page 13 and 14: The mines have been owned by the go
Page 15 and 16: We are now in emerald country.... T
Page 17 and 18: While the Muzo mine covers an area
Page 19 and 20: The broken waste rock washed from t
Page 21: The great value of the emerald make
Page 25 and 26: The advantage of underground mining
Page 27 and 28: Here we can see the poorly lit and
Page 29 and 30: Here we see one of the calcite vein
Page 31 and 32: Here we get a closer look at some r
Page 33 and 34: At last we leave the mine behind. 3
Page 35 and 36: Here we can see a lovely emerald cr
Page 37 and 38: Another shot... Emeralds have a har
Page 39 and 40: ...and more of the same, with a fin
Page 41 and 42: Here we see a faceter at work. As m
Page 43 and 44: Emerald is the gem variety of beryl
Page 45 and 46: The rocks hosting the Muzo emerald

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