The only known source of fine large emeralds during this time was in Colombia. All other ancient sources of emeralds such as Egypt, Austria, and Pakistan had been exhausted. When the conquistadors arrived on South American shores in the middle of the 16th century, they observed the beautiful green stones in the graves of Peru and Mexico, although they could not trace their natural source. Then, in 1537, the conquistadors found a natural source in Colombia. They immediately began mining it, following their subjugation of the local tribes.
That looks stunning.
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Romancing the Stone was one of my fave movies as a kid.
Subjugation of local people to steal resources. :(
And still to this day... how have we not stopped nations from doing this to others yet???
Interesting post. And beautiful stones.
Which also makes me think that we are still doing bad things to other human beings for...
Stones? :/