2010年9月24日星期五

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designer_replica (Louis Vuitton)LV 4226 watch Around 500 years ago, Spanish conquistadors who set foot upon the until then unknown continent of South America discovered the lovely green crystals found in the Andes of Columbia, which give this South American country the honor of being the source of the world finest emeralds i.e. Colombian Emeralds The Indian tribes of Colombia had been using wonderful emeralds in jewelry and ornaments and they also used them for barter with other neighboring tribes, which probably extended to those as far north as Mexico, and south to Bolivia and Peru. Despite 300 years diligent search no other emerald-bearing areas outside Colombia have been found in Andean ranges, or in Central America or Mexico. The so Called ‘Peruvian’ or ‘Mexican’ emeralds were in all probability products of the ancient Colombian mines.Europe first knew of the fabulous emeralds from South America when Pizarro ruthlessly conquered and despoiled Peru, taking from the Incas an immense quantity of emeralds, many of incredible size being sent to the Queen of Spain. Subsequently the old native workings in Colombia were found by the Spanish invaders and worked by them; designer_replica (Louis Vuitton)LV 4226 watch they shipped the stones, both those mined and those taken from the Indians, to Spain where they were sent to Paris for sale.The emerald mines of Colombia are situated in the Cordillera Oriental, the eastern range of the Andes. They lie north to north-east of Bogota the Colombian capital, in the departments of Boyaca, Cundinamarca and Santander. Colombian emeralds are mined from two zones: the western zone that hosts, from north to south, the Penas Blancas, Cosquez, Muzo and Yacopi mining regions and the eastern zone that hosts the Chivor/Somondoco and Gachala mining regions.Colombian EmeraldsArticle Source: History of the World Finest Emeralds designer_replica (Louis Vuitton)LV 4226 watch

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