Original Post: 2020 March We were thrilled when we heard that leading British jewellery designer, Alex Monroe, had decided to promote International Women's Day with some very special pieces of jewellery, using some of our Tanzanian gemstones. Alex and his...
Original Post: 2020 March In August 2019, one of our awesome customers, Arabel Lebrusan of Lebrusan Studio , travelled quite a few thousand miles to Sri Lanka for what was primarily a family holiday. However, as Arabel herself says, "There was...
Original Post: 2020 March We are very pleased to announce that Nineteen48 co-founder, Stuart Pool, has been selected as one of the first 4 male advocates for the Women's Jewellery Network (WJN). At Nineteen48, we have always had a strong...
Original Post: 2020 February We have a few sales events coming up during March and April in the UK. You can come to see all our latest stock at gem fairs in London, Glasgow, Bristol and Edinburgh. 23rd March -...
Original Post: 2020 February 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 the...
Original Post: 2020 February 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 home from...
Original Post: 2020 February 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 gemstone in our opinion!).We also...
Original Post: 2020 February 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...
Original Post: 2020 February 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,...
