An Excellent New Website on Gems and The Environment: Balancing Benefits and Cost

I am grateful to this excellent work coming from Tiffany Scholar Sally Dickinson DeLeon and Saleem H. Ali, Ph.D along with several research collaborators at the University of Vermont. The site provides information for educators, researchers, governments, miners and companies. Also on the site are case studies done on the gemstone sector in various countries.

As someone passionate about the plight of artisanal miners, and as the President of Reflective Images, a jewelry deisign company, I am just most are grateful for this fantastic resource. Here’s the link:

http://www.uvm.edu/envnr/gemecology/index.html

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