28Feb Amazing Amethyst
Amethyst is the name given to the purple variety of the mineral quartz, which is the most abundant gem material in the Earth's crust and formed from the elements silicon and oxygen. It comes from…
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25Feb Recapping the Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference 2019
Another guest blog post, this time from Niki Grandics, founder of Enji Studio Jewelry, giving her view of the Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference (originally posted on Niki's blog in November 2019 and reproduced with permission). Flying…
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23Feb The Moyo Gems Project - all the links you need!
As many of you know, we have been working for a while now on the Moyo Gems project, sourcing incredible gemstones from the artisanal miners of the Tanzanian Women Miners' Association (TAWOMA).We are increasingly being…
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22Feb Coloured Gemstone Market Updates from Tucson 2020
Great to see that this coloured gemstone round-up from Tucson includes good news for some of the stones that we focus on, with mentions for both blue sapphire and spinel (a much underrated and underused…
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22Feb What is Ethical?
This excellent post comes from Monica Stephenson of Anza Gems and we wanted to make sure that it was given the widest possible audience. Please read on...I’ve been thinking about this word a lot lately,…
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22Feb UK Premiere of "The Shadow of Gold" (London - 11/03/20)
We are proud to be part of Fair Luxury, a collaboration of jewellery industry changemakers with a vision for a responsible and sustainable future.For their next event, Fair Luxury is joining with The Goldsmiths' Centre…
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06Jan Nineteen48 approved as Coloured Gemstone Supplier by Ethical Metalsmiths
We are very pleased to announce that we have been approved by Ethical Metalsmiths as a Coloured Gemstone Supplier. We are currently one of just five vendors who have passed the rigorous assessment process.https://ethicalmetalsmiths.org/recommended-colored-gemstone-suppliers/nineteen48 "Our membership…
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09Jul Moyo Gemstones - how it all began
We are privileged to be part of the Moyo Gems project, a ground-breaking programme, working with the members of the Tanzanian Women Miners' Association (TAWOMA) in Tanga, Tanzania.This potentially life-changing project has been described by…
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09Jul UK Ethical Gem Fair (Autumn 2019)
The collaborative partnership of three of the UK’s leading ethically sourced gemstone suppliers, Stuart Pool (Nineteen48), Kathy Chappell (Fair Trade Gemstones) and Ian Bone (Capricorn Gems - Queensland, Australia) return to Hatton Garden in London…
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08Jun Moyo Gemstones
You might have heard that we're working on a very exciting new project with female artisanal gemstone miners in Tanzania and we are part of a new brand of gemstones (Moyo Gems) which we will be offering to our customers later this year.
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