Loose Gemstones

Sites dedicated to buying/selling, education, featuring, or involved with Loose Gemstones.

Custom made to order, handmade, antique, estate, & contemporary jewelry as well as rare investment-grade gemstones for sale by designers at R.W. Wise Goldsmiths, Inc.

Gemstone Artist

Gem Cutter John Baily offers natural/untreated certified gemstones, customized gem cutting, one-of-a-kind faceted gems/jewelry, and carved gemstone art. This website also has several nice articles about how a gemstone is cut/facetted and also how to discriminate a garnet from a ruby with the naked eye.

National Gemstone

Gem dealer with additional information on investments, gem trends, price lists, and a gemstone forecaster newsletter.

Geovision - Gary Bowersox - Afghan Connection

Gary Bowersox has written several articles on his ventures into Afghanistan, the Southern Russian Republics and Pakistan. Also wrote a book and made a video. A number of very interesting articles on this site about his ventures, though many date from several years or more ago.

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