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World - Asia/Pacific

World's most beautiful emeralds take shape in India

emerald October 17, 1998
Web posted at: 3:03 p.m. EDT (1903 GMT)

JAIPUR, India (CNN) -- In Jaipur city, appearances can be deceiving. Low technology, housed in small sheds, represents a prospering and skilled regional industry that supplies sparkling, expensive jewels to the world.

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Roughly 100,000 people here cut and polish emeralds, using skills passed down through several generations. And, as reporter Anita Pratap explains, those lustrous, green stones find their way to the most expensive jewelry showrooms in Europe.


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