RE: Valuation of Emeraldsthe mkting for emeralds is not as big as diamonds - hence the worrisome nature of the TSX - so TGX is wise to get these things polished for a sale - not mounted - just polished and once they have a sale in hand then they can use these values to suggest what thier stones are worth - for the little extra that they will pay in time and money to 'clean' up the stones I think the return is mroe than well worth the wait and it's an independent auction so it should assage any concerns that the TSX has about how valuable these things are