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Author:  mwambua [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Greetings from Nairobi Kenya

Hi all, my Name is Marvin Wambua, l am a gem cutter and a Gemologist. My favorite gemstone is Spessartite Garnet. I used to live in the Us but now l reside in Nairobi. After being away for twenty years l decided to come home and try the "gem trade" if you ask me i think flipping burgers is a better way of earning a living.
East Africa is full of potential as far as Gemstones, its only that some mineral rich areas are no go zones. That coupled with lack of funding and politics makes the business harder. I have not dealt with any miners yet on a buying level. The brokers will shred you into dust, mainly when you are a beginner. Its been a learning experience so far and l think l'm up for the challenge.
The part of the trade l enjoy most is faceting, its always a pleasure :) to look at every stone after faceting
This is a great forum, its like taking classes at Gia at no cost

Author:  Pedro [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:43 pm ]
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hello
welcome :)

Author:  Tim [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:23 pm ]
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Welcome indeed mwambua...

take it slow on the buying and hard on the watching, I've been told experience comes naturally :wink:

Author:  Jason [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:35 pm ]
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Hi Mwambua!

Welcome to the forum. We are all learners here helping one another out to reach our goals. Looking forward to learning from you.

Jason

Author:  Jason Barrett [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:51 pm ]
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glad you are here mwambua.. :D

Author:  mehoose [ Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:03 pm ]
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Well I'm confuzd :? You only have one post but I said hi to you somewhere else here, so HI again.
Still love the Avatar, what is it?

Author:  Barbra Voltaire, FGG [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:06 am ]
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The original post was in an unrelated thread. It was moved here.

WELCOME mwambua!

Author:  mehoose [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:22 am ]
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Fair enough. :D

Author:  mwambua [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:06 am ]
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Thank you all, l will try to contribute my share and l hope we can learn from each other. My apologies mehoose l jumped into the wrong post, trying to walk before crawling. Thanks for the avater compliment it a tourmaline cut in one of jeff grams diagrams

Author:  Alberto [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:10 am ]
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Hi Marvin andWELCOME to the forum! :D
feel like at home here!!
BENVENUTO!! 8)
ciao
alberto

Author:  mehoose [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:23 am ]
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:lol: That's alright, thought I was having de ja vu, no need for apologies.
That's a nice Tourm, thanks.

Author:  gingerkid [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:26 am ]
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:D hi, marvin!! welcome to the forum!!

looking forward to reading your posts, and hopefully seeing some of the gems which you facet!! please be sure to check out the forum's lapidary section. they also added a section on the gemology project, too.

glad to have you join us!! :wink:

Author:  Mmoses [ Mon Aug 01, 2016 8:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Greetings from Nairobi Kenya

Hello Wambua! Can you help testing some gemstones I have?

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