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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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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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It’s June which means it’s time for us to be talking about it’s birthstone: Alexandrite! Famously referred to as “Emerald by Day, Ruby by Night,” Alexandrite was named after Czar Alexander II of Russia! It’s claim to fame is it’s ability to reflect a different color in different lights! Scroll to see all the Alexandrites in our collection right now! Pictures and videos are available on rogerdery.com! What do you think about Alexandrite?
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Hard to believe it’s been THREE years since our week of Gemological training in Malawi! 😃 I miss it! Malawi is a long, skinny country in southeast Africa that is young and rich in colored gemstones! Colored gemstone mining is still new and so knowledge is limited and education is sorely needed!!! We taught dealers in the big city, mining villages in the bush, and everywhere in between! One of my deepest passions is equipping miners and those in the sourcing communities with knowledge and education that we access to easily here in the US. Can’t wait to be back at it in mining communities soon (stay tuned!!!).
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💜Purple💜 gems come from all over the world and I love the challenge of finding the best faceting design to unleash the beauty captured inside the rough form. Many of these are still available at rogerdery.com where you can search by color AND learn about the source country and the fascinating history of each gem type! Which one is your favorite?
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It’s been too long since we’ve updated you on the Kitarini Primary School! I first visited Kitarini in 2009 and it immediately became near and dear to our family. Now that @thegemlegacy has taken over Kitarini’s hot lunch program, the student population has swarmed to over 800! 🤩 When I first visited there were only 100 students. Why the increase?
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1️⃣ Ruby mining has steadily increased bringing more families into the area - meaning more kids to attend school!
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2️⃣ Providing a hot breakfast and lunch encourages the parents to send kids to school and the kids to attend school - and on time!
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The breakfast and lunch program is a BIG undertaking, but it’s easy when we all do it together. $21 sponsors one child’s meals for 1 year! You can learn more at gemlegacy.org or at the link in my bio! I love that the increase of gem mining is forwarding the cause of education in Tanzania!
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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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SPIRIT GEM QUIZ

THE JOURNEY OF A GEMSTONE - MINE TO MARKET

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