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SPIRIT GEM QUIZ

Do you know your Spirit Gem? Answer 10 questions and Roger Dery will tell you which gem best fits your personality!

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THE JOURNEY OF A GEMSTONE - MINE TO MARKET

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You’re the first of the internet to see these special pictures from 37 years ago, folks! Consider yourselves special! Ginger and I are celebrating our 37th wedding anniversary today. 🤩 I know I show my face on here most of the time, but Ginger has been my partner in the business since we were married and really does all the other things behind the scenes so I can facet gemstones and share them with you! 31 years strong! ❤️

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After my 14 visits to Sri Lanka, I think I’m hooked and Blue Sapphires will forever be my favorite gem. Ginger and I have our anniversary in September and we both wear Blue Sapphire wedding rings. If you’ve been around here a while you know cushions are my favorite shape, so this beauty is no surprise! What do you think of Blue Sapphires? Tell me in the comments: classic and fantastic or too predictable?
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2.69ct - Sri Lanka
Registry #: 2206074
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We’re raising money for @thegemlegacy with an auction to celebrate its 4th Anniversary! These two gems from my collection are available for bidding or go ahead and buy them with the “buy now” feature! 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Silicosis Prevention Fund to help with eliminated this scary lung disease from plaguing Tanzanite miners.

1.28ct Mahenge Pink Spinel - Buy Now for $335
1.55ct Lilac Spinel - Buy Now for $585

Join us in supporting Gem Legacy’s good work for artisanal colored gemstone miners in East Africa. Auction is open through October 2nd at the link in bio!

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✅ Bay Boat Ride
✅ Fresh Seafood
✅ Cable Car ride
✅ Lombard Street
✅ Ghirardelli Square
✅ Irish Coffees at Buena Vista
✅ Sleep at the St Francis on Union Square

I think that sums up our weekend off in San Francisco - Ginger’s birthplace! Back to work!
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Sometimes when I buy a piece of rough, it’s a weird shape, or a piece has broken off, or there’s a section of the rough that is too included and needs to be removed from the final gem. This piece of Pink Zircon rough I purchased in Tanzania had all of that going on and so I knew it was going to be a unique shape. When I sketched out the shape based on analyzing the inside of the gem, this is what it looked like…so this is what we got! 😁
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6.22ct - Tanzania
Registry #: 2205047

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Let’s debunk the myths behind “matched pairs” with a game of true or false! Comment with your guess…
1. I usually facet a matched pair from the same single piece of gem rough.
2. I often have to facet 3 or 4 gems to create a matched pair.
3. The dimensions of the gem are the only part that matters to making a pair. The faceting design doesn’t necessarily need to be the same.

We have quite a few remarkable matched pairs in our collection right now and you can explore all of them at rogerdery.com.
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Roger has been an award-winning precision faceter, passionate about holistic sourcing, education, and giving back to mining communities since 1981. Together with his family, they believe in the power of sharing the story behind the gems and leaving a legacy at the source of every gemstone. Every gemstone is in Roger’s hands, from Discovery to Destination.

Meet the Cutter

Gems with a Mission

Roger’s focus is dedicated to East Africa, working with miners to secure singularly beautiful colored gems and holistically impact their communities. When Roger chooses to work with a mining area, he is making a long-term commitment to invest in the miners, their families, and their futures.

His charitable efforts in East Africa are funded by our partner organization, Gem Legacy. Gems with a mission leave a legacy for generations.

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See Where Beauty Is Born

By meeting the gemstone first in its original habitat, Roger has an understanding of the gem’s entire story and can execute his work in a way that displays the gem’s intrinsic beauty to its greatest potential while being faithful to the inherent characteristics of the gem. It is a curated journey from discovery to destination™.

Discovery to Destination™

EXPLORING THE GEMS

Explore our ever changing inventory of one-of-a-kind gemstones with your local jeweler. Roger works exclusively with retail jewelers to assist clients in exploring the world of colored gemstones in an entirely new way. Please inquire about a gem to coordinate a viewing at your local jeweler.

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GIVING BACK THROUGH GEMS

Roger is dedicated to vocational training, entrepreneurship, and community development through Gem Legacy, the 501c3 nonprofit organization he founded in 2018. A donation is made to Gem Legacy in honor of every gem purchased.

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SPIRIT GEM QUIZ

THE JOURNEY OF A GEMSTONE - MINE TO MARKET

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