In spite of recent reports, many questions still linger on the Tibet mine!
The andesine saga has taken a turn for the worse. It has gone from: Is it diffused? To: Who is responsible for this fraud? And indeed there are a number of players to choose from when accessing responsibility for what has turned into a multimillion dollar scandal perpetrated on consumers world wide.
Here is a link to the full report:
Pleae be aware that there is reconstituted Larimar being sold on the market now. Some selling it for what it is and others selling it as natural Larimar, sadly.
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