Hill of gems, gems of labour : mining in the borderlands

Arnab Roy Chowdhury; Ahmed Abid

Hill of gems, gems of labour : mining in the borderlands

Arnab Roy Chowdhury, Ahmed Abid

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

The city of Chanthaburi in the Thai-Cambodia borderlands is small, but has played a signicant role in the history of Thailand and in the history of gem trade throughout the world. Located 250 kilometers to the east of Bangkok, the Thai-Cambodia borderlands have traditionally produced world-class and yellow sapphires (GIA 2015).

Original language	English
Number of pages	12
Journal	Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia
Volume	23
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

gems
sapphire mines and mining
borderlands
Cambodia
Thailand

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Hill of gems, gems of labour : mining in the borderlands

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