Introduction: In early August, Mr. Mnzava posted a comment on the Madison Dialogue List Serve: “Foreign gemstones dealers notably from USA and Europe, Far East undermine miners and governments in Africa.” His post was in response to Jim Fiebig’s work in Madagascar. I followed up with this interview. This post is the fourth in a

Introduction: Here, Jim Fiebig responds to Mohamed Mnzava. Thanks to both for their permission to post which previously had been exchanged only in a private email. This post is the third in a series of six consecutive posts covering the issue of artisanal gemstone mining from a macro perspective of two people in the field.

Introduction: In early August, Mr. Mnzava posted a comment on the Madison Dialogue List Serve: “Foreign gemstones dealers notably from USA and Europe, Far East undermine miners and governments in Africa.” His post was in response to Jim Fiebig’s work in Madagascar. Jim responds in subsequent posts. This post is the second in a series