I’m sourcing rough for the first time outside of class and I’m overwhelmed by how many sources there are and I was wondering if anyone would have recommendations for websites. I had the following stones in mind as possibilities: aquamarine, tourmaline, garnet, sunstone, spinel, or topaz
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Good day , Candice here from Bijoux De Valour, we do trade in rough gems please email me a list of the gems and quantities and sizes of individual stones you need , our email is bijouxdevalour@gmail.com.
Thank you
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Hi BluS53738 and welcome to the forums.
The US Faceting Guild has a list of rough suppliers in its newsletter “Facet Talk”. It is relatively cheap to join and will give you extensive information on gemstone cutting as well.
Facet Rough
Creative Gems – Warren Harris: http://creativegems.com/
Intimate Gems: Intimate Gems
Joe Henley Rough: https://joehenleyrough.com/
John Garsow: https://johngarsow.com/
Lab-created and Synthetic Stones from RusGems: https://rusgems.com/
Milstead Gemstones: https://www.milsteadgemstones.com/
Mine Direct: www.minedirect.com
New Era Gems: https://www.neweragems.com/
Storied Gemstones: http://www.storiedgemstones.com/
Tom Schneider: https://tmsgems.com/
Unlimited Gems: https://www.unlimited-gems.com/
Another source is gemrockauctions.com where there are some rough dealers. I have dealt with Vietcrystals (Aquamarine & spinel) and Quality Rough and have received good material.
I hope that Candice can help you out as well.
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Thank yall so much !!