Rawa Bening

Stones anyone?

uncleaned and unpolished amethyst

uncleaned and unpolished ruby

polishers hard at work

The last time the husband's relos came to Jakarta, they were in search of some stones at Blok M and the sellers there always mentioned Rawa Bening. We didn't get a chance to go here last time but I was curious to see what it was, so two busways and an ankot ride later I was there! It took an hour and for a place that was on the way to Tanjung Priok, that is pretty good. Wasn't really planning on buying anything for myself, just a peek but when I went upstairs I noticed a young guy with a tray of rocks in front of him. Obviously he was waiting for his boss to show up to work so curiously I asked him what it was. He said they were amethyst taken straight from the rocks and haven't been polished yet so they are worthless but when I saw them they were such a pretty purple that I couldn't help but buy a couple of rocks to make as earrings. I asked if I can buy a couple and he looked at me strange and said...but they aren't clean yet, they are worth nothing...but I got some anyway, each weighing 2.8gr each. He sold them to me for 45rp and I asked if I can get them for 30rp and he agreed. Afterwards I saw he had a whole bunch of ruby trays too but I thought I should try it out with the amethyst first. I will post some pics of the ready earrings when they are done!

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Jakarta Timur

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