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02-10-09, 02:17 PM #1
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A street selling rocks and gemstones i missed...
I just came back from Bangkok yesterday..
but i missed a street seeling rocks and gemstones (I am a gemstones collector) the only clue is somewhere around china town... i saw the street on the way going there...and i saw Robinson too.....
Does anyone know what is the name of the street?
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02-10-09, 03:28 PM #2
Re: A street selling rocks and gemstones i missed...
I've always heard that it is a bad idea to buy gemstones in Thailand as there are a lot of scams involving gems.
Are there actually real stores that sell genuine gems in Bangkok?
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02-10-09, 03:32 PM #3
Re: A street selling rocks and gemstones i missed...
Jerome- I think the OP was not after rubies emeralds but geological specimens in general-quartz etc.
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02-10-09, 04:01 PM #4
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Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or an idiot from any direction.
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02-10-09, 05:28 PM #5
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There certainly are genuine shops that sell both gemstones and mounted pieces-rings etc, however, prices are high. Best to make contacts with a dealer in Chanthaburi for a better price-bulk is not compulsory-I have bought both polished and unpolished single sapphires etc direct from a polishing shop there.
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02-10-09, 05:37 PM #6
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Re: A street selling rocks and gemstones i missed...
Thailand has a big variety of gemstones productions for sure.
but my aim isn't thai gems, it's afghan gems. A lot of Afghan people selling rocks and specimens there, i know a few and i always buy from them.
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02-10-09, 05:40 PM #7
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Re: A street selling rocks and gemstones i missed...
Thanks for the infor.
nice pics by the way.
You like sapphires? I prefer tourmalines and kunzites.
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02-10-09, 06:47 PM #8
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02-10-09, 07:11 PM #9
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Re: A street selling rocks and gemstones i missed...
Thai blue sapphire (Phailin δΎΕΤΉ) mines in Thailand are all but defunct ,most of the mines played out. A lot of the sapphires sold in Chantaburi come from the Inverell district in NSW Australia, where sapphire mining has been going on for nearly 100 years. Some come from Sri Lanka as well.
http://aussiesapphire.com/blog/?page_id=261
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02-10-09, 07:41 PM #10
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