.......................................... 20 Colombia.................................................PRESIDENTS Thomas Lind, Germany Jean Claude Michelou, Colombia TREASURER Akira Ito, Japan SECRETARIES Ismail...North Co., Canada; Jean Claude Michelou, Bogota, Colombia; the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Carlsbad...rubies and tourmalines near the Chinese border in western Tajikistan. Many of the rubies have lower iron...the production is mixed with calcite. The spinel mine at Kuh-i-Lal is being operated by a skeleton crew |