Expertise I can answer questions about emeralds, Colombian blue euclase, and general questions about many other gems including diamonds, buying gemstones online, general jewelry questions and working with a jeweler to make custom jewelry . I can answer questions in English or Spanish.
Experience I am online emerald dealer working from Bogota, Colombia. I have access to countless emeralds close to the source, trapiche emeralds, emerald rough, and important people in the Colombian emerald industry. I expect to soon visit Colombian emerald mining areas to do research in preparation for possible book on emeralds. I also work with jewelers on a regular basis to make custom jewelry pieces. I have access to mineral specimens of emerald, blue euclase, apatite, quartz, and occasionally scarcely known Colombian sapphires.
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