the emerald. Due to its rarity, red beryl stones sell for as much as $10,000 per carat. The Ruby Violet mine, owned by Gemstone Mining, produces 5,000 to 7,000 carats a year. "Gemstone mining map ...

An enormous emerald held by police in California ... Filho and Ribeiro - the two men who first possessed the gem - of illegally mining it and smuggling it out of the country.

FAILURE to extract a change of heart from the Zambian government this week over a controversial export duty on emeralds could ...

together with the scattering of precious stones mined at the mine, the findings will amount to 32 million rubles," the statement said. An emerald is a first-class gemstone, in the same category as ...

The Taliban government is counting on Afghanistan’s bountiful gemstone and ... to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum. The Taliban are already collecting tax from emerald sales.

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Coloured gemstone producer Gemfields ... miner and marketer of coloured gemstones operates the Kagem emerald mine in Zambia, one of the biggest in the world.

Gemfields is faced with a new export tax for shipments of emeralds from Zambia, where it operates the Kagem Emerald Mine. The Zambian woes have been mounting for Gemfields. Last month, the company ...