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in the world's most volatile and dangerous geopolitical fault
zone lies a gemstone who's secrets are guarded by three nuclear
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began in 1881 high atop the Great Himalayan mountain region
of Zanskar, Kashmir. A mule caravan of Afghani traders,
en-route to India, stumbled across these blue chips later trading
them for equal weight in salt. When the blue sapphires' rarity
and value was soon realized, they were resold several times
over, with profits totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. |
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When
news of the "blues" reached the Maharaja of
Kashmir, he demanded every transaction be undone and quickly
took control of the mines (Albert
Ramsey 1934).
The Maharaja's people worked the famous mines until the
early 1900's, but little has been reported since.
The limited quantity of Kashmir sapphires, mined and sold
at the time, left a legacy unrivaled in the world today.
Nearly as rare although unlike the gold of Ophir, the
Kashmir blue sapphires have been rediscovered!
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Mining has recently commenced in the remote region of the Himalayan
mountains and KashmirBlue is in-country to record history. Field
research includes interviews with local natives, miners and
government officials. Chemical analysis, microscopic examination
and spectrophotometry of rough and faceted crystals will also
yield more fact than fantasy regarding these long lost gems.
To date, all evidence positively identifies this material as
Kashmir, although we have not "married the vein."
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