Cutting
Hands-on experience evaluating rough and making cutting decisions — not commissioning them. Knowing what a piece of material can become, and what that outcome costs in weight, comes from having been wrong about it often enough.
About
A gemstone business run by people who understand gemstones
We deal in loose colored stones and nothing else. Sourcing, cutting, photography, and how a stone gets described all answer to the same question: what could this stone become, and has it?
A gemstone is not a set of specifications. It is a material with a character and a range of possible outcomes, most of which stay invisible until someone with the right knowledge looks closely and makes a decision. The stone a client receives is not simply something we sourced — it is something we recognised, understood, selected, and revealed.
Our curiosity does not stop at the stone. Behind every one of them are miners, cutters, dealers, gemologists, laboratories, markets, and the trading cultures of Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and China — traditions considerably older than any company. We do not claim to be more cultured than that world. We choose to look closely, and to share what we find.
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Schedule
Where to find us in person
Selected exhibitions over the coming year. Write ahead if you would like to set a time to look at material together — the trip is also when new parcels are reviewed.
- 01
Thailand Gem & Jewelry Show
September 2026Chanthaburi & Bangkok, Thailand
Chanthaburi / Bangkok trading floors
A working trip rather than a booth. We look at parcels on the trading floor, then carry what is worth carrying to Bangkok. Ask in advance if you would like to meet while we are in country.
- 02
Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Show
September 2026Wan Chai, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
Material from the Thailand trip is on hand. The convention centre is the right place to compare stones side by side and talk about cuts; we keep the meeting short unless there is something specific to look at.
Evidence
Where the judgement comes from
Laboratory
Several years working with major gemological laboratories in Asia: identification, treatment detection, and the standards a report is written to. It is the reason treatment is a plain field on every stone rather than a claim in a paragraph.
Disclosure
What is stated, and how
Treatment is declared on every stone, including where there is none to declare. A field that appears only when the answer is unfavourable turns into a warning sign, which is the opposite of disclosure. Where a stone carries a laboratory report, the issuing laboratory and the report number sit on the stone's specification — quietly, the way a footnote sits at the bottom of a page.
The site does not promote the choice of laboratory or argue that one report is more rigorous than another. Disclosure is the only part of the chain worth claiming.
Practicalities
Where we work
- Offices
- Shenzhen · Bangkok · Sri Lanka
- Showrooms
- Shenzhen (retail) · Bangkok (counter)
- Trade shows
- Chanthaburi & Bangkok (September 2026) · Wan Chai, Hong Kong (September 2026)
- Language
- English
A stone deserves to be understood before it is judged, and valued for more than its weight.
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