Mongolia is an amazing landlocked country with very cold weather, especially if you don’t have the right clothes, sleep in a tent and only litres of vodka to fight off the cold. Travelling in Mongolia is only for people who have plenty of time and are in no hurry to get anywhere. There are many […]
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) is one of the richest places for precious stones in the world. Some of the precious stones on the Czech crown jewels also come from here. Sri Lanka is probably best known for its stunning, cornflower blue sapphires, but sapphires can be found in other colours as well. It is also possible […]
Cuba – a beautiful island in the Caribbean, lots of sun, rum and beautiful sea. In the world of precious stones, Cuba is practically non-existent, there is no precious or decorative stone described from here. Historically, mainly Soviet geologists have worked here, followed by Bulgarians, and Czech geologists have also served several seasons here. Unfortunately, […]
Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire are countries in West Africa. Ghana is a predominantly lowland region with the Volta River as its main axis. The highest mountain has an altitude of 833 metres above sea level and is located in the Togo Highlands on the border with Togo. English is spoken in Ghana, so ok. Ivory […]
Myanmar is a country between Thailand, India, China and Laos, but you may know it better by its original name Burma or Upper Burma (Burma). This territory, extremely rich in history and especially in precious stones, was productive in the Middle Ages. After all, even our Czech crown jewels are decorated with precious stones originating […]
More than 15 years ago, we started to work intensively in the field of precious stones in northern Vietnam. We have visited almost all the open producing sites here, however, the area we liked the most was Luc Yen (Yen The) in Yen Bai province north of Hanoi. This area was only recently discovered around […]
Brazil is a promised country for all lovers of minerals and precious stones in particular. And so, after a very short time of thinking where to go, we put our finger on the map to Brazil. Before we left we bought a self-taught Spanish book (with the expectation that we would learn it on the […]
Tanzania, a country in East Africa, is one of the largest producers of gemstones in the world. Many very rare gemstones are found here, such as sapphires and garnets of a wide range of colours. The sapphires (localities: Tunduru, Songeo, Umba) range from virtually colourless through pale yellow, orange, pink, green, brick red, purple, brown […]
Even in the summer we did not slack off and tried to prepare something interesting for our clients. The choice fell on Bulgaria, specifically on the area of Madan about 10 km from the Greek border. Mines and delicious Bulgarian cuisine – simply paradise on earth Sphalerite Madan, Bulgaria There were cut gem sphalerites here […]
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