Ads
related to: ebay colombian emerald earrings
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The source of these trace elements in the case of Colombian Emeralds is believed to be from interaction of the parent hydrothermal fluid and the black shale host rock. [citation needed] Colombian emeralds are much sought after, and not just because of their superb quality and color. A gem's value depends upon its size, purity, color and brilliance.
This is a list of mining areas in Colombia. [1] The mineral industry of Colombia is large and diverse; the country occupies the first place in mining areas per surface area in the world. In pre-Columbian times, mining of gold, silver, copper, emeralds, salt, coal and other minerals was already widespread.
Gachalá municipality in the Department of de Cundinamarca, Colombia. The Gachalá Emerald, one of the most valuable and famous emeralds in the world, was found in 1967, in the mine called Vega de San Juan, located in Gachala, a town in Colombia, located 142 km (88 mi) from Bogota. Gachalá Chibcha means "place of Gacha."
La Pita has been one of the biggest contributors to Colombia's emerald production at times producing more than 80% of the total output of emeralds in Colombia. La Pita was discovered when an access road was being built, the workers and owners of the land descended towards Río Minero and noticed a yellowish patch of earth accompanied by the ...
Víctor Carranza Niño (8 October 1935 – 4 April 2013), often referred to as Don Víctor was a Colombian emerald dealer and the owner of emerald mines in the Boyacá mountains (a forested area not far from Bogotá), widely known as Colombia's "emerald czar." The economy of the area around the mines is dependent on the trade.
Gachalá Emerald [50] Colombia, 1967 858 carats uncut National Museum of Natural History, Washington Mogul Mughal Emerald: Colombia, 1107 A.H. (1695–1696 AD) 217.80 carats cut Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar Rockefeller Emerald [51] Colombia 18.04 carats Octagonal step-cut Private collection Patricia Emerald [52] Colombia, 1920