[Jewelry making - Article 00153] - Re: [Orchid] Tanzanite mis-information

[MillsGem]

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    Excuse me for attempting to be objective and factual when it comes
    to discussing reality in conjunction with Tanzanite mining and
    commerce......it seems that many tend to get on a soap box ranting
    about pet peeves based on un-related matters. 

    The real dilemna in conjunction with Tanzanite and many other mining
    situations is that when artisinal mining is permitted it leads to
    chaos and smuggling. When the Tanzanite mines flooded, killing
    dozens of artisinal miners, it is very likely that it would not have
    happened if the mines had been operated in a sophisticated and
    coordinated way. Furthermore, approximately ninety per-cent of the
    product during artisinal mining was smuggled out of the country and
    thus did not contribute taxes nor did it promote indigenous
    employment through processing. Instead, the bulk of the profit did
    not benefit the economy of its country of origin. It did, however,
    benefit the German, Kenyan, Israeli and Indian economies.
    Furthermore, the smuggling activiies greatly benefitted the
    nefarious entities such as the Mafia, the Sene-Sene and various
    criminal elements. There are benefits from allowing artisinal mining
    and there are the aforementioned advantages of controlled mining.
    Since the Tanzanian government just recently leased out the bulk of
    the Tanzanite properties to one large corporation, it remains to be
    seen which of the two options will best benefit the various parties 
    involved. Ron at Mills Gem, Los Osos, CA.

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