Precious stones such as Kalimantan is the famous stone diamond or diamonds from diamond mining stone from Martapura, South Kalimantan. Besides, in Borneo found amethyst with the best quality.
Indonesia is famous for its natural wealth and the rock is valuable. No one else is worthless stone to be used as jewelry or building materials and furniture as a commodity that never deserted enthusiasts.
Especially for precious stones such as diamonds, pretty much spread across the eastern part of Indonesia. One Martapura, the producer of the gemstone Borneo. Martapura which is the capital of Banjar Regency which became part of South Kalimantan region is quite known to the public at home and abroad as the best producer of gem diamonds.
Martapura Diamond Market
There are diamonds that provide the diamond market in the form that has been processed into jewelry. The price offered was varied, ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Prices are adjusted to the rarity and uniqueness of the gemstone.
Apparently, the hobby of collecting gem stones typical of Borneo could be a promising business opportunity as well. Just imagine, Martapura gemstones are sold for Rp 20.000,00 be resold on the market the island of Java, about fifty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars.
It's more profit, right? Plus, the gemstone of Martapura diamond market is the best in its class, not just any diamond and jewelry design.
Unfortunately, the low price it closed the stone quality diamonds. Indeed, when viewed from the stone polishing techniques during the processing of the raw form to the more subtle forms, still using traditional means. This can reduce the number of consumers who are interested in quality precious commodity rocks Indonesia.
World Famous Eye
Indonesia gemstone collection includes the best in the world-class. Consumers from outside many a glance gemstones like diamonds, just not at the time was shaped jewelry, but when unprocessed and raw. Later, the stones were brought to be processed in Europe to use high technology so terpancarlah beautiful charm of diamond Martapura it.
The price could be tens of times higher than that sold in the diamond market Martapura. Presumably the population of South Kalimantan have to thank the European businessman who had cultivated diamonds diamonds become more beautiful and elegant high value on the world diamond market. That way, the name Martapura and Indonesia became increasingly raised in the international arena in terms of the wealth of precious stones.
That need the attention of our nation today is how to produce diamonds with better processing techniques for diamonds later produced and processed in their own country. Obviously we do not want the fate of the diamond stone we recognized another nation simply because it is able to buy and have sophisticated processing techniques.