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EXPLORE COLOR

The world of gems is wide and varied…explore gems you love in different colors and colors you love in different gems!

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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!

Discover Your Spirit Gem

THE JOURNEY OF A GEMSTONE - MINE TO MARKET

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Cheers to 38 years! 🥳🥳🥳

Help us wish Roger and Ginger a very happy anniversary!

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In 1999, I sold my entire existing inventory because I felt that I couldn’t put my name to the quality and learned how to facet myself so that each gem would meet my standards.

In 2009, I began traveling to East Africa consistently to visit gem mines and purchase gem rough so that I could give my clients confidence about their purchase’s impact.

Today with the next generation joining us, we’re still committed to these tenets…perhaps more than ever!

Which part of a gem’s journey from mine to faceting do you want us to share more about?

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Zircons can be yellow?! 🤯 yes indeed! Zircons can occur in every color, actually. For those who love the sparkle of a yellow Diamond, with the life and vitality of a Zircon, with the unique frame of my Emerald Cut design…this is it!

Available at rogerdery.com with a portion of the proceeds donated to @thegemlegacy. Message us to find a jeweler near you to view any gem!

4.51ct - Tanzania
Registry #: 2302008

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HOW does this happen? I could give you a scientific answer, but the truth is it’s still a miracle - even if we understand how it happens! A unicorn, freak of nature, an exceptional moment of chance. Watermelon Tourmaline is one of the gems that I think just keeps us appreciative of Mother Earth!

Available at rogerdery.com with a portion of the proceeds donated to @thegemlegacy. Message us to find a jeweler near you to view any gem!

7.51ct - Nigeria
Registry #: 2304027

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Bjorn’s (@sune.bjorn) current favorite gem. 🤩

He’s not usually a huge Blue Zircon fan, but he says this design just mesmerizes him! We think the design juggles the light around like a jester. 🤹‍♂️

Available at rogerdery.com with a portion of the proceeds donated to @thegemlegacy. Message us to find a jeweler near you to view any gem!

4.84ct - Cambodia
Registry #: 2304012

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Join Bjorn and me next week right here as we share more of the Behind the Scenes of working and living the Tanzania half of our business and life! We’ll be answering all your questions about how we purchase gems, why we visit the miners we purchase from, and Tanzanite mining! Drop your questions in the comments!

If you’re new around here, we’re the next generation! I’m Roger’s daughter and I just happened to marry a Tanzanite miner and gem faceter so we’re truly all in the business together!

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.

Explore Holistic Sourcing™

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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DISCOVER YOUR COLOR

The Journey to Exquisite Begins Deep In The Earth

Explore the Good Gems Can Do

Find a Gem

Stunning Transformations

A Master Craftsman

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

EXPLORING THE GEMS

GIVING BACK THROUGH GEMS