At present the mines of Muzo comprise five underground galleries. Four of these are vertical mines: Tequendama, Catedral and Volvere, which descend more than 300 feet, and the oldest gallery, Puerto Arturo, reaches 500 feet underground.

Muzo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmuso]) is a town and municipality in the Western Boyacá Province, part of the department of Boyacá, Colombia. It is widely known as the world capital of emeralds for the mines containing the world's highest quality gems of this type.

Mar 11, 2023 · Emeralds encrusted in white calcite rock inside the mine at Muzo in central Colombia. They will later be analyzed at a laboratory to determine their worth.

The Muzo mines, located deep in the Andes of present-day Colombia, were in use for at least five hundred years before the Spaniards arrived in the New World. Muzo is named for the tribe that inhabited this area during the Spanish conquests of the early sixteenth century.

La Pita is one of Colombia's largest emerald mines in Colombia, tantamount to its competitor, previously called Puerto Arturo, at present known as the Muzo Mine. La Pita has been one of the biggest contributors to Colombia's emerald production at times producing more than 80% of the total output of emeralds in Colombia.

May 28, 2024 · The Muzo mine in Colombia has experienced a renaissance in the last decade, creating a bridge between Colombia’s finest mineral and the rest of the world.

Muzo Mine, Muzo Municipality, Western Boyacá Province, Boyacá Department, Colombia : An emerald mine in Lower Cretaceous (130 ma old) calcareous schists. The emerald deposits in the Muzo area occur in organic-rich black shales.

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Aug 19, 2024 · Muzo emeralds, found in the heart of Colombia, have a distinctive deep green color unmatched by emeralds from other regions. The Muzo mine is renowned for producing stones with exceptional clarity and saturation, often referred to as the “purest emeralds” due to their rich and glowing green tones.

Here, we introduce the companies belonging The MUZO group. Group of companies made up of five national operating companies and one international. Together they cover the value chain of high-quality emeralds from start to finish, thanks to the Mine to Market business model.