Rucom – National Mining Agency

The National Mining Agency is the government entity responsible for administering, regulating and controlling all activities related to mining in Colombia, from granting mining licenses to controling the minerals trade. To fulfill this purpose the National Mining Agency (ANM), formerly Ingeominas, has created the National Register of Minerals Traders or RUCOM. A technological tool where traders must register, them being companies or single persons wishing to trade minerals in the country. According to the ANM the application of the RUCOM provides greater transparency to the trading activity of minerals in Colombia.
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Loose Emeralds

Loose Emerald gemstones are purchased basically for two reasons. The first one is to be used in jewelry applications, to be mounted on rings, earrings, necklaces and many more jewels. The second one is to be used as an investment asset, as many people might purchase gold due to its rise in price which makes it more profitable than many other investments. The rise in prices of emeralds has been steady and proven to be very profitable, specially Colombian loose emeralds, which are considered to be the best in quality and most valued by buyers.
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Emeralds Mining

If you find the Emeralds extremely beautiful and fascinating but you don’t know exactly what they are and how they are produced, then all you have to do to understand a little bit more about Emeralds is to read this article:

The Emerald is a gemstone that is formed in the bowels of the earth by the pressure generated in the earth’s faults and the high temperature that it generates, that is why it has to be extracted by removing the topsoil and getting into deep of the earth. Emeralds are a variety of the mineral Beryl with traces of chromium and vanadium, which gives them their green color. It is as diamonds, sapphires and rubies considered as a precious stone and that is why its price is higher than some other stones like zircon, amethyst, topaz, among others. It’s considered as an investment asset by investors and exceptional jewels pieces by jewelers.
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Buying Experience

In Mensal Emeralds we want to offer an unparalleled experience to our customers. We understand that purchasing emeralds is not a simple task and that our customers are making a huge investment, one that we are sure will be retrieved far beyond expectations. We work constantly to make that experience as simple and as pleasant as we can.  That is why we have developed tools such us our Requirement Form, an e-form that enables our customers to make requirements for specific emeralds. Filling this requirement form does not take more than 5 minutes, the customer does not have to print out the form, and all this can be done from the comfort of their home or office.
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Princess cut emeralds

Emeralds we have Traded

In this blog post you will find photos of some colombian emeralds we have traded. We will update constantly photos of relevant emerald gemstones that have been traded by us, so make sure to keep checking this post to see beautiful images of the emeralds we have had access to. This post can also be seen as a sample of the quality, quantity, size and cut of the emerald gemstones we are able to get to supply our customers’ specific needs.
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Cutting Colombian Emeralds

Cutting Emeralds

Emeralds, as all gemstones, are cut into shapes for one simple reason, to highlight the beauty of the gemstone. After Emeralds are cut they are used mainly in jewelry applications, to be mounted in rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces and so on.

Cutting Emeralds consists of three steps: First remove all impurities, then cut the gemstone faces and finally polish those faces.
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Chivor Emeralds

Chivor Emeralds (Experience)

Chivor is a little town located south of Boyaca, in an area that limits with Cundinamarca. Roads to acces the area are very rudimentary and only SUVs can acces some places because of the poor condition of the roads. It is well known among the emerald trade in Colombia for it’s high quality Emerald Gemstones, given that they are considered to be among the top in Crystal quality. Not until recently Chivor was still a small producer of Colombian Emeralds, but given that Chivor emeralds are highly valuable and the demand has been increasing within buyers, production in the area has increased at accelerated rates.
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Colombian Emeralds deposit in excavation

Emeralds Extraction Company

Here is a short video (YouTube) about one of our strategic allies, an Emeralds Extraction Company whose main deposits are located in the municipality of Gachala, Cundinamarca, Colombia. This company has extracted high quality Emerald Gemstones and is compliant with all government regulations regarding industrial safety and environmental mitigation. According to studies conducted by experienced scientists in the field of Emeralds, Emerald Gemstones from Gachalá are among the highest quality gemstones in the world.
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