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Tanzanite, rubelite etc ... what are they?

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nkf · 03/02/2012 21:18

Am idly watching some shopping channel and these gemstones keep coming up. Are they rare? Are they crap? Have they always been around but people have just started buying them? Also, does anyone seriously buy jewellery from the TV?

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mrscumberbatch · 11/02/2012 13:49

Plucking I'm on mobile today as at work but will see if I can find a few of my favourites when I get home!

nkf if you think you'd definitely get use out of both pairs then go for it. If the price is reasonable and you get that feeling that you would kick yourself later if you didn't bother then all the signs are pointing towards yes! lol

AlmaMartyr · 11/02/2012 17:55

Yay Pluckingupcourage! It's a great shop!

MrsC - if I had found the stone, I probably would have taken it back tbh. Good advice about repointing the claws. I wore it for years with no problems so it was OK initially.

We had DH's wedding ring made specially, it was great. The guy who did it was a bit bonkers but very helpful and it's a beautiful piece. We would have got mine done as well except I fell in love with one in a shop.

pluckingupcourage · 11/02/2012 19:21

That's great MrsC.

AlmaMartyr I carried a chunk of quartz from Crystals for luck while doing my A-levels! I think it is still around here somewhere.

harbingerofdoom · 13/02/2012 21:23

MrsM The Times has an article about emeralds from Zambia (can't link to Times) and mentions a British based company called Gemfields. Interesting, in the light of what you were saying about emeralds. If you can get hold of a copy-have a read.

mrsmartin · 13/02/2012 23:03

Hi Harbinger - yes I know quite abit about gemfields - I found out about him through Gems.tv actually. Gems work with them to build schools etc...it's pretty nice to know that when I buy from gems that they are also putting money into schemes like that - don't know if H.Samuel and co do anything similar.

mrsmartin · 13/02/2012 23:03

correction - found out about them!

mrsmartin · 13/02/2012 23:16

Harbinger Here is a link to an article written by one of the owners of Gems Tv. It describes his trip to Zambia and how he started working with Gemfields
article there are lots of other interesting bits to read about in their learning library section - good for a general mooch...Wink

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