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Notes on the Colombian emerald, written for the person who is about to buy one. None of them sell: they explain.

What separates a good purchase from an expensive souvenir, explained before you walk into the first store.

Two mining districts, two greens, and what the distinction is worth when you are standing at the counter.

Field by field: what the document that travels with your stone actually says.

The most common treatment in the trade, the one least often explained, and the one that moves price the most.

The refund exists, it is real, and it is lost more often through paperwork than through ineligibility.

The decisions that are hard to undo later, in the order they should be made.

Why there is no price per carat, and what actually decides the number you are quoted.

Three different things get sold under the same word. Here is how they differ and what a buyer can verify.

Short, practical, and mostly a list of things not to do.

Written by people who sell one of the things on this list, with the caveats included.

The exemption, the declaration, and the documents worth having in your carry-on.

The exemptions by length of trip, the duty on what exceeds them, and one step worth taking before you fly out.

When to come, what the weather really does, and how to spend a first visit without wasting a day.

Would you rather just ask?

Write to us on WhatsApp or book an appointment at the store. You will get the same answers that are here, with the stones in front of you.