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| Precious Stones Kalimaya type found in mountainous Pattiro, District Sibulue, Bone regency (ILLUSTRATION). |
A hill known as the mining area C that extends in the Village Sub Cinnong Sibulue, Bone. News agate discovery in the area was also justified by Police Chief Adjunct Commissioner Nugroho Big Bone Juliar Kus.
"At this time the region is not only different types of agate fire opal is found. However, the information, I have recently obtained in the field there is a new kind of stone is found, the type Kalimaya," Juliar said when met Bonepos.com, workspace, on Tuesday, 27 October, 2015.
However Juliar said types of agate from Kalimaya numbers are still very small, so the locals are still looking for points where the location Kalimaya rock types that can be found, because in that area there are three hills that potentially contain the same type of stone.
"There are three hills there. So it has the potential in the Bone stones included in the classification of precious stones. And apply this is Mexico and Australia. And both types of stone, Fire Opal and Kalimaya, has been declared an international standard in this type of stone," he explained.
Seeing this potential, further Juliar, certainly needed encouragement and support from the Government for the miners and craftsmen of stone, so that in the future could become the center of bones produce various kinds of models such as in Martapura agate.
"Now it will be like in Martapura. So the stone was not only made in the form of a ring, but it can be a necklace, bracelet, accessory another case of potted plants and all kinds again. Surely this would be one of revenue for local communities to improve prekonomian them , "said Juliar.
In addition, he also hopes the foreign investors who looked at the potential of precious stones in this Bone, Bone so that future to be one of the best precious stones producing regions in Indonesia.
Editor: Enal Shaenal
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