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• Risking Life For Insecure Return: The Lapis Lazuli Mines of Afghanistan

  Published: October 15, 2007, 1:37 pm

  Tags: Sari, Afghanistan, Assets, Business, Culture, Degraded, Exploitation, Gemstone, Highly, Kabul, Kocha, Lapis Lazuli, Life, Mined, Mners, Northern, Precious, Prized, Pure, Resources, Sar I Sang, Source, Virtual Slavery, Years

  Gas lamps and dynamite explosions in tunnels are among the daily hazards for miners toiling in Afghanistan's lapis lazuli mines. read more

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• Conflict-Free Diamond Update

  Published: August 16, 2008, 3:39 pm

  Tags: Miscellaneous, C5 Company, Conflict Free, Design, Diamonds, Earth, Environmentally, Ethical, Gems, Gemstones, Lab Created, Meghan Connolly Haupt, Mined, Setting

  the Earth still needs to be mined. The C5 Company creates custom jewelry using recycled metals and lab-created gems or ethically mined gems. From the pictures on their website, the rings and earrings have beautiful gemstones and are meticulously designed.

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