Hello Everyone, I will be traveling to Afghanistan in the next few days to help train gemstone faceting to a few Afghani students. I am excited to help develop the internal infrastructure in Afghanistan and help the people of the country harness their vast gemstone resources. Afghanistan has a rich history of gemstone mining with [...]
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I wanted to take a minute to talk about an organization that is in its infancy. The Green Gem Foundation was started earlier this year by Jeff Hunt and Lisa Elser to promote the ethical mining of gemstones. The concept for the organization is below. “The Green Gem Foundation is a new non-profit organization established [...]
Hello everyone, I recently found a lot of contact forms stuck in my spam folder. If you have been trying to get in touch with me recently and have not heard from me I apologize for the delay. I have responded to all emails and will check my spam folder daily from now on just [...]
Its been a while since my last post! I recently purchased a few pieces of rough that will be cut in the coming weeks. The pieces are pictured below. Custom cuts can be ordered on this rough or can be purchased after cutting is complete. If you would like to reserve any of these pieces [...]
I belong to a trade network that gets some fantastic deals on diamonds and gemstones for my clients. However, every once in a while something truely unique and beautiful comes along that I have to share with you all! This statue is from a company called Motion in Time in New York and is over TWO [...]
I am off to Wisconsin this weekend and thought I would offer you all a little special while I was away. The 55 gram tri-color diamond necklace from an earlier post has been reduced in price to $3500. The piece is from the 1960′s and is made up or rose, white and yellow 14k gold. [...]
As many of you know I have a nephew who has cancer. Darian was diagnosed with ACS, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, in October of 2008. He has taken it with strides and is doing as well as can be expected. As a result he has become pretty active in the Relay for Life program. He asked [...]
I just wanted to let everyone know I have added new inventory to the store. All the Mahenge spinels are now in the inventory as well as the 2.42 carat ruby. The inventory can be found here. Also check out the gemstone of the month club here. A special thanks to the Jewelry Connection show, [...]
I wanted to let you all know about the interview that will be occurring on Sunday, the 27th of June at 2:00 PM CST. I will be talking with Mona Hair who has a weekly jewelery show called The Jewelry Connection. We will be discussing the art of faceting of colored gemstones. Mona has not had [...]
I have been hearing a lot of feedback lately on the lack of a one stop shop online for custom cutting and the setting of stones in semi mounts. Flawless Facets is the one stop shop for these two features. Not only can you have me design and custom cut a unique one of a [...]
