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  2. Gem and Jewelry Museum - Wikipedia

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    Gem and Jewelry Museum is a museum in Bangkok, Thailand operated by the Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand Public Organization, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University. [ 1 ] The displays include gems and mineral specimens, mining, the origins of gems and how they are cut and graded, precious metals and manufacturing procedures of gold ...

  3. Gem scam - Wikipedia

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    The gem scam is a confidence trick performed usually against tourists. The most known version occurs in Bangkok, Thailand as well as other cities in the country. It is one of the most pervasive scams in Thailand. Most of the shops are gold or jewelry shops. The marks tend to be tourists from outside Thailand. It has been alleged that this scam ...

  4. Jewelry Trade Center - Wikipedia

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    The center is the largest center for selling, sourcing and distributing jewelry in Bangkok and one of the largest such centers in Asia. It contains a fully equipped gem-testing laboratory operated by the Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences (AIGS) as well as a gemological school, also operated by AIGS. The Bangkok Fashion Mall located in the ...

  5. Henry Ho (jeweler) - Wikipedia

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    In 1997, Ho established the Jewelry Trade Center (JTC), Asia's largest gems and jewelry marketplace. Ho led a conglomerate consisting of Thailand's leading captains of industries. [ 2 ] Bangkok Bank, TV Channel 3 and Central Group, were invited to take part in a venture to develop a plot of land measuring over 4.5 acres in Bangkok's central ...

  6. Iconsiam - Wikipedia

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    Iconsiam, stylized as ICONSIAM, is a mixed-use development on the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. [1] It includes a large shopping mall, which opened to the public on 9 November 2018, [2] as well as hotels and residences.

  7. Blue Diamond Affair - Wikipedia

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    It included a valuable 50 carat blue diamond and other gems, [4] which Kriangkrai then shipped to his home in Lampang Province, Thailand. [5] The jewels proved difficult to dispose of. He began selling items for a pittance. A Bangkok jeweller, Santhi Sithanakan, learned of the sales and bought most of the gems from Kriangkrai at a fraction of ...

  8. Asiatique - Wikipedia

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    Asiatique is located on Charoen Krung Road in Bangkok's Bang Kho Laem District, facing the Chao Phraya River. It occupies 30 rai (4.8 hectares (12 acres)) of land, with plans for future expansion to include a total of 72 rai (11.52 hectares (28.5 acres)) of mixed-use development .

  9. The Old Siam Plaza - Wikipedia

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    The Old Siam Plaza (Thai: ดิโอลด์สยามพลาซ่า) is a shopping mall in Wang Burapha, a historic neighbourhood of Bangkok, Thailand. It is surrounded by Tri Phet, Burapha, Phahurat and Charoen Krung roads, and is near other neighbourhoods such as Yaowarat, Pak Khlong Talat or Ban Mo. It is a four-story air ...