Happy Holidays to everyone and it's soon time to be off to Tucson '24! Hi and in about seven weeks the Tucson '24 Gem Shows will be well underway. After missing (thank you COVID) the past two years I will be traveling out west to once again see all the wonders one can "discover" in [...]
Well I am finally sitting here writing about the Tucson 2020 Gem and Mineral shows. Obviously with so many shows/individual forums going on-close to 45 at last count- I could not visit all of them. Inasmuch that my interest was focused on gems, faceting rough, and keeping up with old friends, I visited the [...]
Well in a couple of days I leave for the 2020 gem and mineral forums in Tucson, AZ. Am I excited? Absolutely and I hope that kid in me never goes away. I mean joining up with old friends and acquaintances, attending seminars on gems and gemology, seeing what new rough is available, picturing in [...]
For those of you who were not able to attend Tucson this year I found that the Tucson shows I attended were very educational, interesting, diverse, and fun! Some examples in a few minutes but first a few thoughts and comments on the shows in general. People, although the weather was weird for southern Arizona [...]
A new treatment, in Asia, combining both heat and pressure is being applied to some sapphires. This is quite different then other previous treatments. This treatment does improve color and clarity. At Gems by Gregory we never send any sapphire rough (or any other rough) out of the United States for cutting or any [...]
Cut Tourmaline Tourmaline. What a wonderful gem. It occurs naturally in many colors including a vibrant chrome green, blue, teal, bright pink, various shades of red, and grass green. It is excellent for use in rings or pendants, earrings, and most anything else you can imagine. Best of all it is very reasonably priced even [...]
We have found that some of our best customers are those who are well informed. One thing I will do on a regular basis is publish information that will be helpful to buyers of finished gems or even rough. When buying either a finished gem or rough there is the chance, albeit small, that what [...]
The 2012 Tucson Gem and Mineral shows saw a slight uptick in attendance over 2011. There was certainly a great offering of colored stones at various price points. Buyers were spending more this year but they "shopped" the shows and looked for and found good value. This was true at the "downtown" shows along with the [...]
Please look for, in late March, our first ever great "Welcome to Spring" sale! All cut gems and and all finished jewelry will have major discounts. We can not post all of our cut gems on our site so please if you are looking for something in particular, please either e-mail us or call 804-454-6139. More information as [...]
As many of you may know we totally revamped our web site about a year ago. I had planned to have blog posts out there much more frequently. Well, wrecking my shoulder which resulted in a massive reconstruction in late spring which was followed by a total hip replacement in the fall dashed those ideas. HOWEVER [...]