Waikiki Gem Museum

Pacific Business News (Honolulu) writes:

A large collection of precious gems collected in Afghanistan will go on display to the public Tuesday at a Waikiki gem museum.

The collection of 60,000 gems valued from $2 to $100,000 is the work of gem collector Gary Bowersox, owner of The Gem Museum/Store at the Waikiki Galleria Office Towers.

The museum has been open by appointment only. Construction will be completed on the store in the next couple of months, Bowersox said. "Once completed visitors will come into a bullet-proof entranceway and enter a theater where different gem hunters from various countries will give lectures and talks on their experiences, knowledge and adventures," he said.

Next week, Mir Waees Khan Jegdalek, a ruby miner from the Jegdalek, Afghanistan, ruby mines, will lecture on Afghanistan and its gems. In addition to Bowersox, future lecture programs will feature Karla Brom Proud of Oregon, Guy Clutterback of Zambia, Sabir Rasool of Pakistan, Ilhom Narzier of Tajikistan and Ron Ringsrud of Colombia.

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