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The world of gems is worth discovering: it is wide and varied, familiar and exotic gemstones alike in every color of the rainbow!

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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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What do a Malaya Garnet and a Peridot have in common? They’re both in @thegemlegacy ‘s 3rd Anniversary Auction and you can bid on them at the link in my bio through Sunday at 8pm EST!
3.33ct Malaya Garnet - next bid $490
4.37ct Peridot - next bid $550
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I absolutely love this auction because 100% of every purchase (yes, no fees taken!) will be donated to sponsor more Miner Toolkits for the artisanal colored gemstone miners of East Africa!
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We’re still processing all of our new Sapphire from our visit to Sri Lanka in June. It’s hard to find Purple Sapphires that are truly 💜 and don’t have heavy pink undertones. This round stood out when we saw it in Colombo (the capital) and its even BETTER in the Michigan light. (That doesn’t always happen! 😅) The video doesn’t do it justice. Available on rogerdery.com and, as always, a percentage goes back to support the initiatives of @thegemlegacy.
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2.52ct - Sri Lanka
Registry #: 2107029
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It’s like Christmas morning every week here as we receive the gemstones we purchased in Sri Lanka back from their visit to the GIA lab to get reports! I forgot how spectacular this Orange Sapphire is - I’ve worked with my usual Sapphire Square Emerald Cut design so that there’s a balance between displaying the big, bold color and making sure the facets are giving maximum sparkle and brilliance. Orange would never be my favorite color, but when it looks like this? Can’t say no.
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4.53ct - Sri Lanka
Registry #: 2107028
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While we’re celebrating all our friends with September birthdays and their superb luck in getting the Sapphire Rainbow for their birthstone, it makes me thankful for my 11 visits to Sri Lanka to source Sapphires. These pictures are from my last visit to mines in January 2020. Sapphire was truly my first love in the gem business - and Sri Lanka was on my itinerary on my first gem hunting expedition in 1981! We’ve been adding tons of Sapphires of every shade since our return from Sri Lanka in June - check them out at rogerdery.com! It’s always true that we can only buy what the miners find, but this visit feels like they hit it out of the park on every one!
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Ever wonder how much work goes into making a matched pair? No, they don’t all come from the same piece of rough. 😂 Actually, I’m rarely that lucky. Usually I have to facet 4-5 gems to make one set of 2. Remember that when you see two perfectly matched gems…😉
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All available on rogerdery.com with a % going back to @thegemlegacy.
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2=10.09ct Blue Sapphire
2=2.24ct Tsavorite Garnet
2=5.08 Blue Zircon
2=2.42 Blue Sapphire
2=2.31 Pink Sapphire
2=1.64ct Yellow Sapphire
2=7.40ct Pink Zircon
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Roger and Ginger Dery have been sharing their love for color and precious gemstones with the world since 1981, nearly 40 years. Roger is an award-winning precision faceter and is passionate about holistic sourcing, education, and giving back to mining communities. Together, 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.

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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. He seeks to meet them where they are, often providing for basic needs: food, water, and cooking oil. His charitable efforts in East Africa are funded by our partner organization, Gem Legacy.

Why? Because it’s right thing to do. 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™

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Explore our ever changing inventory of sapphires, garnets, tourmalines, iolites and dozens of other one-of-a-kind gemstones that never leave Roger’s hands from the discovery at the source to the destination – you! Each gem is holistically sourced™ and precision faceted to be treasured for generations to come.

Beautiful gemstones await!

Leaving a Legacy

Learn about our ongoing campaign to ensure that every gemstone in our collection had a positive impact on every hand it passed through. Roger is dedicated to education, children, and entrepreneurship through Gem Legacy, the 501c3 nonprofit organization he founded in 2018. It is his goal support education, vocational training, and local economies in East African mining communities.

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EXPLORE COLOR

SPIRIT GEM QUIZ

THE JOURNEY OF A GEMSTONE - MINE TO MARKET

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Gems with a Mission

See Where Beauty Is Born

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