jewelry

Last weekend, I visited the Colorado Mineral & Fossil Fall Show, and I brought my mom! She’s always had an interest in rocks, but a gem show…

To make profitable gemstone investments, you need knowledge, whether you get it through a formal certification program or self-education. However,…

After deciding to invest in gems, you’ll have to figure out how to source your gems. This will depend on what role you’re playing in the gem trade,…

To understand the gem trade, you must first understand the players. In this guide, I’ll divide the players into tiers in order to make discussing…

The gem market is one of the most fragmented and inefficient investment markets. For any given gem, buyers and sellers create the market. This paradigm…

By definition, most gemstones are rare, since the minerals we classify as “gem-quality” only make up a very small fraction of the Earth’s…

As investment vehicles, gems share many characteristics with fine art. Like art, gems are a class of unique assets — each gem is one-of-a-kind…

Good-quality gemstones are expensive. If you don’t have sufficient capital, you’ll have a harder time investing in gems. In general, only…

Your investment time horizon is the length of time you hold your gemstone before selling it. That holding period can be as short as one day or it can…