garimpo Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Ever thought about owning a Emerald mine....this one is about 80 miles from my house.....a largearea of it mined for Emeralds....Campos Verdes.....entrance to the town and the owner checkingher Grey/White mud that has the Emeralds....This is 1 kilo of Emeralds in the pile....the larger and better ones were seperated for me to buy.....$2,000.00....on the long table there they had 15 piles just like this one....Elevator motor and mine shaft....this was many years ago and they were at 138' then.....they hadanother motor and elevator down below to reach the bottom....Getting in the elevator....capacity (2)....beads cut out of truck tires....Hit the B button, for basement.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 That mine looks safer than the gold mine we went into Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I'm no gemologist but the color looks great and the sizes seem large for $2000.00. In short, I think it's a steal at that price. I'd like to think some gem buyer will snap them up if they haven't already done so.Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 I'm no gemologist but the color looks great and the sizes seem large for $2000.00. In short, I think it's a steal at that price. I'd like to think some gem buyer will snap them up if they haven't already done so.SteveI was there and took those pics in 1996 and that was the prices then.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Don-Is that mine still in operation?Steve, I wouldn't even attempt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Now that pile is 10X the price as them righteous deep greens are rare as a honest bureauratz-I have always coveth them green globs as my birthstone. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 As far as I know the mines are still operating....there are many of them scattered over a large area.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Wow beautiful stones.... I like John have a soft spot for the color green, but my favorite mineral color is Azurite blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gengarl Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Do you know about the quailty of the emeralds in brazil? Im from Colombia and ours have the best quality in the world, any special characteristics of brasilean ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Difference Between Colombian Emeralds, Brazilian Emeralds, and Zambian EmeraldsPosted on May 24, 2009 3There are a number of differences between Colombian emeralds, Brazilian emeralds, and Zambian emeralds. Price is the first thing to consider when choosing the country of origin of emerald you want to buy. Colombian emeralds will typically be the most expensive per carat followed by Brazilian emeralds and lastly Zambian emeralds. The reason for this is due to color. Colombian emeralds get their color primarily from the trace amounts of the element chromium. Chromium produces some of the purest green hues in gemstones. Brazilian emeralds get their color primarily from trace amounts of the element vanadium while Zambian emeralds get their color from iron. Brazilian emeralds typically have a slight brown or gray cast and only sometimes match the pure green hue that many Colombian emeralds offer. Zambian emeralds often appear too blue due to the iron content. In reality though emeralds from all three countries can be colored by more than one element.The type and number of inclusions found in emeralds also varies by country. Colombian emeralds tend to have more inclusions than either Brazilian or Zambian emeralds. As the chromium content increases producing a deeper green hue the number of inclusions tends to increase also. Zambian emeralds generally are the least included of the three major emerald producing countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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