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Having returned to the village of Khenj with a week's worth of emeralds a buyers looks at a group of emeralds being sold for $3,500 in the village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Friday, October 26, 2007. Emeralds sold in the village usually go for double that price in town and several times that, depending on their quality, outside of the country.
October 26, 2007- Khenj, Afghanistan

Having returned to the village of Khenj with a week's worth of emeralds a buyers looks at a group of emeralds being sold for $3,500 in the village of Khenj, Afghanistan on Friday, October 26, 2007. Emeralds sold in the village usually go for double that price in town and several times that, depending on their quality, outside of the country.