[Jewelry making - Article 00083] - Re: [Orchid] Using the term semi precious gems

[leonid surpin]

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>     the actual production costs of mining diamond materials is
>     available in any mining company's annual report(s)..there is
>     absolutely no mystery there.. cooking of books exists perhaps- for
>     taxation and importation/export purposes, but it's all in print
>     from mining concerns that are legitimate.. 

    Let me share a story I heard sometime ago. 

    When Russians discovered a large diamond deposit in Yakutia, De
    Beers, in order to prevent these diamonds from reaching the marked
    and depressing price, made a deal to buy the new mine production,
    whatever it may be. De Beers was counting on that in a subsequent
    years, the mine output would become smaller, due to the conical
    shape of the Kimberlite pipe. This is always the case. 

    However, in this particular situation, the mine output grew larger
    and larger with every year. This was so unbelievable that De Beers
    requested to examine the mine. Since the mine is above Arctic circle
    the water cannot be used for mining due to the freezing. Russians
    claimed that they used x-ray to spot the diamonds and lasers to
    knock them out of conveyer belt, but engineers, who were conducting
    inspection, did not see adequate electrical feeds to power all those
    lasers and x-ray detectors. So the mystery of ever increasing
    production remained unsolved. 

    De Beers dealt with the problem by change marketing to promote
    smaller stones 1/2 to 3/4 carat. Strangely, the production of this
    mine was that uniform. 

    I am not going to speculate what all this could mean. Everybody
    should draw their own conclusions. But it is an appropriate
    demonstration how reliable the mining records are. 

Leonid Surpin.
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