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Back to our regular schedule of precision faceted, holistically sourced, one-of-a-kind colored gemstones.😅 October birthdays: Pink Tourmalines have more than 110 different documents shades - this is just one! It’s been a FABULOUS celebration of my 40th Anniversary of being in business. Thank you all.
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13.79ct - Nigeria
Registry #: 2108018
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And that’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone who “celebrated” my 4️⃣0️⃣th Anniversary with me by donating to @thegemlegacy’s Miner Toolkit Initiative. We’ve funded 84 toolkits!!!!! 🤩 Check out my stories where you can watch the winners get the news! 😆This has truly been the best way to celebrate - giving back to the people and places nearest to my heart. 💙 I am thrilled that the inspired painting by @reenaahluwalia will live at @thekingsjewelers!
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Thank you! You’ve made it possible for @thegemlegacy to sponsor 84 Miner Toolkits!!! This has been the BEST way to celebrate my 40th anniversary! There’s still a few hours left to buy tickets for your chance to win this spectacular @reenaahluwalia original - a Tanzanite inspired, 24-inch, hand-painted canvas. Tickets are available until Midnight EST at the link in my bio.
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Miner Toolkits are a cause so near to my heart which is why my anniversary celebration has been all about it! Each toolkit is customized by @thegemlegacy, but the average price is $125 per toolkit. It’s so important to get the proper tools in the hands of miners and ensure they’re working safely AND successfully. Thank you for celebrating with me by being part of this remarkable movement. Cheers to 40 years!
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Family Portrait with the now infamous Tanzanite painting by @reenaahluwalia! Family is what it’s all about for me - my biological family and my global gem family I’ve chosen. In my 40 visits to East Africa, the thing of greatest value to me are the relationships I’ve developed and the mining families I’ve been able to support. It’s been an honor - and thank you for joining me in an effort to put the right tools in the hands of miners! We have now doubled our original goal for 40 toolkits - thank you for giving back with me!
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What a 40th Anniversary celebration it’s been! 🤩 $40 Raffle Tickets are still available to purchase through tomorrow at MIDNIGHT EST at the link in my bio.
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My 40 years started with a spontaneous decision to go on a 3-month trip with a friend of mine who was starting a gem business. I sold my car, furniture, and bike (yes, I was a biker! 🤣) and was on a plane 10 days later to India. Partway through our trip, we had to leave India to renew our visas and chose Sri Lanka for our destination. Though it would be a few decades before I returned, I’ve now visited Sri Lanka 11 times while hunting for Sapphires! It was actually halfway through my 40 years that I began faceting gems - and I never went back!
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Thank you all for celebrating with me by purchasing raffle tickets to win the spectacular Tanzanite painting by @reenaahluwalia (scroll to view!). Tickets are $40 each and available to purchase at the link in my bio until Monday at midnight EST!
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The gem itself! 🤩 This 6.27ct Tanzanite (available at rogerdery.com) I purchased in Tanzania and re-faceted was the inspiration for @reenaahluwalia’s stunner 24-inch painting (scroll to view) valued at $6,000 that we’re raffling off to benefit @thegemlegacy. (Buy tickets at the link in bio) This is how I’m celebrating my 40th Anniversary in business. Thank you to so many of you who have “celebrated” with me by purchasing raffle tickets! So far we’ve sponsored 78 Miner Toolkits - just TWO from our goal! If you’d like to increase your chances to win the painting, you can still purchase tickets through Monday night at the link in my bio!
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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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