Cutting
Hands-on experience evaluating rough and making cutting decisions — not commissioning them. Knowing what a piece of material can become, and what that outcome costs in weight, comes from having been wrong about it often enough.
About
A gemstone business run by people who understand gemstones
We deal in loose colored stones and nothing else. Sourcing, cutting, photography, and how a stone gets described all answer to the same question: what could this stone become, and has it?
A gemstone is not a set of specifications. It is a material with a character and a range of possible outcomes, most of which stay invisible until someone with the right knowledge looks closely and makes a decision. The stone a client receives is not simply something we sourced — it is something we recognised, understood, selected, and revealed.
Our curiosity does not stop at the stone. Behind every one of them are miners, cutters, dealers, gemologists, laboratories, markets, and the trading cultures of Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and China — traditions considerably older than any company. We do not claim to be more cultured than that world. We choose to look closely, and to share what we find.
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Evidence
Where the judgement comes from
Laboratory
Several years working with major gemological laboratories in Asia: identification, treatment detection, and the standards a report is written to. It is the reason treatment is a plain field on every stone rather than a claim in a paragraph.
Certification
What is stated, and by whom
Stones carry certification from AIGS, GUILD, GRS, or Gübelin depending on value tier. The issuing laboratory is named on every stone, because which laboratory formed an opinion is part of the information rather than a detail to tidy away.
Treatment is declared on every stone, including where there is none to declare. A field that appears only when the answer is unfavourable turns into a warning sign, which is the opposite of disclosure.
Practicalities
Where we work
- Offices
- Sri Lanka · China
- Trade shows
- Thailand · Hong Kong
- Retail
- China
- Language
- English
A stone deserves to be understood before it is judged, and valued for more than its weight.
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