Sapphire, ruby, emerald, spinel and rarer material — bought at source, cut to our own specification, placed with reports from AGL, GRS, SSEF or Gübelin.
Bought at source, cut to specification, certified where the stone warrants it. Treatment, origin and grade are never withheld or softened in listing copy.
Blue, pink, yellow, padparadscha and fancy colours. Principally Sri Lanka and Madagascar; Burma and Tanzania for specific colours; Montana for calibrated cornflower material; Australia for deep-blue and parti goods. Kashmir on availability only.
Overhead — the 18.63 ct cornflower Ceylon.
Pigeon's-blood is the laboratory's word — never ours alone.
Treatment, origin and grade are taken from the report — never on our word alone.
Muzo and Chivor designations; the jardin left to speak.
Unheated as a rule — spinel rarely warrants treatment.
Paraíba tourmaline, alexandrite, demantoid garnet, tsavorite, jadeite — and Kashmir sapphire when it appears. Single-stone trades, dossier per stone, no parcels.
Reply within two working days. Material viewings in Bangkok, Colombo, Antwerp and by arrangement in Singapore.