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  1. 07-08-2010, 01:54 AM #1
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    I got these Rubies and Sapphires in Afghanistan, the smallest is 3/4K and largest stone is 9K. They arrent flawless by any means but I got them for a song and like looking at them and even had some made into stuff for my wife and my love
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dllandry View Post
    and even had some made into stuff for my wife and my love



    So, does your wife know about this?
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    How much did you pay for them?
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    Beautiful Gems,and a nice Goldedge,too.
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    Pretty cool & thanks for your service...
    Southeastern Oklahoma/Northeastern Texas helper. Please don't hesitate to contact me.
    Thank you and God Bless, Scott
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    So you're at Rucker eh? Did you make it to the gun show last weekend? There was a fella there selling some decent straight razors. None of them were ready to go to work but I picked up a couple.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AnarchoPhil View Post
    So you're at Rucker eh? Did you make it to the gun show last weekend? There was a fella there selling some decent straight razors. None of them were ready to go to work but I picked up a couple.
    No I was in Tn. last weekend I have a little camp on Cherokee Lake near Morrisburg
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    Quote Originally Posted by VDX View Post
    How much did you pay for them?
    If I remember right I got what you see there and 3 larger Sapphires and 2 rubies for a total of 125
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    I guess this is becoming news but really that part of the world is well known for mineral resources and all kinds of gems and has been for a very long time. I was watching Rachel Maddow last night who spent a few days there and she was in a gem shop and was quoted $143 a carat for Emeralds. They weren't top quality but were gem quality. Afghanistan is especially famous for Lapis and Turquois
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    Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
    I guess this is becoming news but really that part of the world is well known for mineral resources and all kinds of gems and has been for a very long time. I was watching Rachel Maddow last night who spent a few days there and she was in a gem shop and was quoted $143 a carat for Emeralds. They weren't top quality but were gem quality. Afghanistan is especially famous for Lapis and Turquois
    Your right although the prices are a lot better outside of the camps. You can also get some very fine hand made rugs that make there way from Iran for between 300 and 500. Brass items are also all over and coins dating back to Alexander the great although I didn't buy any of those because I couldn't tell real from fake. Also some of the best knockoff watches I've seen. Oh yeah check out the six toes on the rug merchant he explained his father and grandfather also had them. The last pic I included as I feel its one of the best pictures I took over there I captured the fireball coming out of the back of an RPG
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