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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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These are a few gems that, well, we didn’t bring home. 😆 They really would have added to the weight of our box though! 😅 Since Sri Lanka has been a cutting center for such a long time gems from all over the world are brought to be faceted, which is why these aren’t Sapphires! Which one is your favorite? 🤩
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👋 from Detroit! Ginger and I made it back safely with only a few hiccups along the way! 😜 I didn’t get a chance to share about the Sapphire mine we visited in the mountains around the city of Ratnapura, the Sapphire “capital” of Sri Lanka. More videos of our visit are in my stories today - I LOVE getting all the way back to the source of Sapphires and meeting and talking with the miners. This mine is really quite mechanized compared to most that I have visited in the past and the miners were so excited (and baffled?) that we took the time to see their operation and get to know them.
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That’s a WRAP on Trip #13 to Sri Lanka! Ginger and I got some R&R these past few days and we’re ready to head home and get to work at the machine handing out makeovers on all our Sapphires! Thank you all for following along - we love sharing the beautiful places we go and the wonderful people we meet - oh and the gems too!
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We’re headed to the beach (check out my stories)! 😎🌞 While we’re relaxing, the gems will be busy!
1️⃣ Laboratory visit to ensure the gems are what we bought them to be and that their treatment is accurate.
2️⃣ Packaging! The gems are packed in a metal box like I’m showing that I’ll carry in my backpack.
3️⃣ Customs visit to finalize the paperwork and seal the package.
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I’m a mango fanatic. 🥭 juice, 🥭smoothie, 🥭 margarita, 🥭 yogurt, 🥭 bread (in Hawaii!), 🥭 with sticky rice (Thailand), 🥭 salsa, and maybe this trip we’ll find another way to include mangos! I’ve eaten mangos all over the world, but Sri Lanka’s are hands down the best every time. Our dealer is describing just a few of the different kinds of mangos in the video: Alfonso, Parrot, Butter, and KC. Love the names! More fun in my stories today…
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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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Leaving a Legacy