Topic: ruby, sapphire, emerald, and diamond- plus custom jewelry - page 4. (Read 11521 times)

This is a natural tanzanite.  It weighs 4.97 carats and dimensions are 8.42 x 8.02 x 6.58mm deep.  Tanzanite is treated with heat to give it that otherwordly blue-violet color.  It is green when it is mined from the earth.






 
Special price on this stone- bitcoin only- is 159USD per carat.  Registered mail is $12.  Insurance is available; please inquire for details.

This is an untreated heliodor from Namibia.  Heliodor is yellow beryl.  When beryl is green it is emerald.  When it is colorless it is goshenite.  When it is blue/green or green/blue it is aquamarine.  This beautiful stone weighs 1.90 carats and is very brilliant and nearly eye-clean. 








8.00 x 8.00 x 5.12mm deep

25USD per carat plus $12 for registered mail.

This is a blue sapphire, 0.83 carats- a bit over 3/4 of a carat.  This is a heated sapphire.  315USD total for the stone.  Beautiful and brilliant!







If you pay with bitcoin I will include registered mail in the price.  This sapphire is 5.05mm in diameter and 3.67mm deep.

This is a 4.74 carat royal blue sapphire.  Royal blue color is the most valuable and desirable color for sapphire, and this stone was mined in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), a country known for fabulous sapphire.  $12,990US total for the stone.









An independent laboratory report is available for any gemstone that we offer for sale.  The most commonly requested labs are AIGS, GRS/Swisslab, Tokyo Gem Lab, GIT, and Lotus.  We can also provide a report from GIA or any other lab that does business here in Bangkok.

UPS Express or FedEx can deliver your gemstone in 3-5 days for $135US.  Insurance is also available; please inquire for details.

This is a gorgeous 2.97 carat Nigerian rubellite.  This is a type of tourmaline, and it is prized for its very beautiful red color.  Rubellite is routinely treated with irradiation and this stone is sold as irradiated.  Excellent color and brilliance make this a stunning gemstone that you will be very proud to own!





499USD total price (not per carat).  This price includes the independent laboratory report from a highly reputable lab- Tokyo Gem Lab.  Shipping via registered mail is 12USD.

This is another untreated yellow sapphire.  It was mined from the earth and cut and polished ONLY.  No heat, no chemicals, no oil or resin fillers- just natural sapphire.  3.06 carats and 739USD per carat.  This is a very beautiful, brilliant, and highly diaphanous gemstone.






 

I always accept bitcoin for payment!

This ray of sunshine is an untreated yellow sapphire that weighs 4.02 carats.  Price is 1060USD per carat.

This is the 4.14 carat Caribbean Sea blue natural zircon that is listed above for 140USD per carat.  Note that zircon is a natural stone that comes from the ground- it is not related to "cubic zirconia" which is made in a factory.  This stone was mined in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia.







Zircon is routinely treated with heat and this stone is sold as a heated gemstone.

Another client chose a gorgeous and very rare 3-carat sized untreated tsavorite garnet for her center stone, and we covered the ring in beautiful diamond accents to create a regal piece of jewelry that she absolutely loves!































We make the process of going from concept to stones to CAD and finished jewelry seamless and painless.

At Paragon Universal Trade we make all kind of custom jewelry- almost anything that you can dream up.  Below is a very beautiful ring that we made for a client with two untreated colorless sapphires and a center violetish-Blue untreated sapphire.

The ruby market is going through a huge change right now.  For decades Burma has supplied most of the world's fine and commercial-quality ruby but as supplies there have dwindled a new deposit in Montepuez, Mozambique has exploded onto the scene.  What is most exciting to me as a gemologist is that the majority of rubies from this mining area do not require treatment.  They aren't heated, or heated with chemicals, or infused with oil or resin in order to increase their beauty.  They just don't need to be!  Only a few short years ago if you wanted a 3-carat ruby with no treatment, you would be limited to a Burmese stone that would cost as much as a very nice house in many Western countries.  Because Mozambique is producing such an amazing quantity of stunning stones, prices have come down as this material makes its way onto the market.  What is just as exciting is the way it is mined and distributed by Gemfields.  The process is entirely transparent to ensure that the source country participates in their own natural wealth instead of being exploited by shady deals, as so often happens with gemstones.  Rough ruby is sold at public auction in Singapore, ensuring that the taxes are paid and the Mozambican government gets their fair share.

We don't have any guarantee that the current system will go on forever though.  Mozambique has had its fair share of political and economic strife and we can't be sure that the mining concession with Gemfields will stay in place.  But for now, you can buy some amazing ruby for much, much lower prices than you've ever been able to in the recent past.  Let me show you a 3-ct sized stone that is available at the moment:









This stone has an independent report from one of the world's foremost ruby experts, Dr. Adolf Peretti (GRS/Swisslab).  He is known for his encyclopedic research in ruby and sapphire so it is easy to find his research online.  Note also that he calls this stone "pigeon's blood", which is the most desirable and rare color of fine ruby.  Don't think of it as a needle in a haystack, but rather a bit of hay in a haystack!  Ruby of such intense color is extremely rare.  It's even more amazing when you consider that it didn't require heat or any other treatment to produce this color- this crystal was mined from the earth in northern Mozambique, cut and polished ONLY.

I am asking $37,880 for this stone.  Please inquire for details, or if you would like a one-carat or two-carat stone (or a five-carat stone!) just ask.  If I have the stone that you want in inventory I can give you a price and details, and if not I can visit some of the other dealers here in the gemstone district of Silom and I can find the right stone at the right price.

This is a really gorgeous untreated yellow sapphire that weighs 4.08 carats.  You can see the dimensions on the laboratory report image below.  Sapphire is most often treated to enhance color or clarity or both, but this stone was a vibrant yellow color straight out of the earth and required no treatment.






If you want details on this sapphire, or if you are looking for a blue sapphire, a different size or shape of sapphire, just get in touch.  

I am asking $970 per carat for this yellow sapphire including independent laboratory report.

It occurs to me that some people coming across this thread might have no idea whether I am just some random guy so this may help:



I've been in this business in Asia for about 13 years, and my wife has been an active part of it for almost 9 years.  Originally when she moved from the Philippines to join me in Thailand we lived in Chanthaburi.  This was a great place to get our arms elbow-deep into the gemstone trade, but a couple of years later we moved to Bangkok to expand our custom jewelry business.  There are a lot of businesses here in Silom that cater to the jewelry trade and that is advantageous when you want a choice of casting houses, bench jewelers, and wax and CAD artists.  Over the years we've found a great team of artisans that provide consistently high quality, and we are able to undercut Western consumer markets on custom jewelry by a wide margin.  

Here is a video from the early days!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rbpnk47t_c

All this to say, no, I am not some random guy.  My wife Melanie and I have built a life around the gemstone trade and around custom jewelry.  If you have a question about gemstones or custom jewelry please give me a holler!  Also if you want to visit us on eBay take a look here:

http://www.ebay.com/usr/paragonuniversaltrade

If you go to either "tiptopgem.com" or to "paragonuniversaltrade.com" it forwards to my business Facebook account.  You will see posts there from my personal account, "David B. Fortier", so feel free to add me as a friend if you would like!

Thank you Bitbunny.  And keep in mind that my wife and I are in the middle of the gemstone district here in Bangkok so if you want a stone a little bigger, smaller, or a different shape- just ask.  We can source most any gemstone here.  If you ever have a question about gemology in general, or the specific properties of a gemstone like hardness, or suitability for a specific purpose like use in a ring, pendant, or bracelet- don't hesitate to ask.  I don't know all of the answers but what I don't know I can find in short order.

Thank you for the info. If I decide to buy, I'll let you know what I need.

Bitbunny, if you want a certificate for that Zambian emerald I can supply one from Tokyo Gem Lab for 35USD.  If you want a report from a different lab just tell me which lab and I will give you a quote.

Slow death, that 4.14ct Cambodian zircon is 140USD per carat.  Same conditions apply- if you want a Tokyo Gem Lab report it's $35, or if you want a different lab just ask and we will work it out.

How much this?



Not have facebook account so do not know if you placed it the prices on facebook.

Wow, it' realy beautiful! Do you have any kind of certificate for it to prove it's real or to prove the origin?

If you haven't seen my Facebook page you are missing out!  Please take a look, and keep in mind that we always accept bitcoin for payment.

https://www.facebook.com/ParagonUniversalTradeCo