Colombia · Field notes
Our journeys to the source of Colombian emerald, told page by page, from Bogotá to the Muzo mines.
Stories by Vincent Renault
Chapter 1 · The road
About 200 km, 40% of it dirt track, with 1,800 metres of descent. The drive hour by hour, and why it is better to leave before dawn.
Chapter 2 · The village
A small Boyacá town where everything happens around the kiosko on Sundays, between miners, guaqueros and dealers. What you actually see there.
Chapter 3 · The museum
A small village museum covering five centuries of emerald: rough crystals on matrix, pre-Columbian pottery and the shadow of Víctor Carranza.
From the road to stones chosen by hand.
See the Colombian emeralds
