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Five Hundred Years of Gem Cutting in the Mountains of Jura

Five Hundred Years of Gem Cutting in the Mountains of Jura

Lapidaries on the Swiss/French Border: 1550–2017
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A Gems Dealer’s Journal: Interview of Gem Dandy and Lapidary Historian: Justin K Prim

A Gems Dealer’s Journal: Interview of Gem Dandy and Lapidary Historian: Justin K Prim

How have you all been since the last interview? Hope you enjoyed our interview of Josh Saltzman from Nomad’s. Today, in order to further…
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Traveling Abroad with a Faceting Machine

Traveling Abroad with a Faceting Machine

A Gem Cutter’s Travel Guide
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A Comprehensive Study of Gem Faceting Classes Around the World

A Comprehensive Study of Gem Faceting Classes Around the World

Faceting, the art of cutting and polishing angled faces on a gemstone to create sparkle and fire, has been practiced for hundreds if not…
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Gemstones
AIGS Sri Lanka Trip 2017

AIGS Sri Lanka Trip 2017

Ratnapura, Beruwala, Eheliyagoda, Colombo: September 2017
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Bangkok: City of Gemology Schools

Bangkok: City of Gemology Schools

Comparing Thailand’s Top Three
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How to pay half the price for a GIA Gemology diploma.

How to pay half the price for a GIA Gemology diploma.

A financial guide and travel story.
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To the San Francisco Gem and Mineral Society: A Love Letter

To the San Francisco Gem and Mineral Society: A Love Letter

I first discovered gemstones after I moved to San Francisco. I was taken to a gem show in the Bay Area and was immediately intrigued. What…
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My Journey into Gemstones

My Journey into Gemstones

Originally published in the United States Faceters Guild Newsletter, June 2016.
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TRAVEL
Hiking up a Scottish Holy Mountain with Count Nikolai Tolstoy

Hiking up a Scottish Holy Mountain with Count Nikolai Tolstoy

A spiritual and historical expedition in Southern Scotland
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A Globe-Trotting Journey into the Mystical World of Sufism

A Globe-Trotting Journey into the Mystical World of Sufism

My introduction to Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, happened by accident when I stumbled upon a book in a bookshop in Boston called…
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The Weird In-Between Place of Travel

The Weird In-Between Place of Travel

Sometimes I forget how hard travel is. Well, most of the time really. It’s easy to think about adventures in the future tense and not bring…
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A Guide to Travel Freedom

A Guide to Travel Freedom

Minimalist travel with minimal money.
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A Guide to Travel Freedom Pt. 2

A Guide to Travel Freedom Pt. 2

How to maximize your travels with rewards points and other tricks
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My Personal Guide to Bangkok

My Personal Guide to Bangkok

Updated June 2018
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