Invest in Gems on a Budget

Рет қаралды 3,750

Жыл бұрын

Love gems, but on a budget? Here is the cheapest, fastest and most long term reliable way to get in at the grass-roots , learn and grow yourself into the gem trade.
Those interested in the full story of the hand-sculpted fishtail eternity rings that I made as I learned these lessons, check the Note and Compass video with the link below.
• Eternity Rings - Hand ...
Want a parcel of "calibrated gems" to get started, and a kit of the tools described? Email me directly at :
thegemshepherd@gmail.com

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@Nothing19800 Жыл бұрын

I can’t tell you how helpful this video was. I was gifted thousands and thousands of gemstones that meet this criteria.

@GemologyforSchmucks Жыл бұрын

Excellent~ glad that its helpful

@phoenixadams9962 Ай бұрын

This is a great inspo. I decided to play to my strengths. I'm retired and I was a graphic designer, and I am very good at color matching. From my first parcel of 7 fancy 4mm calibrated sapphires, I have two matched pinks and a trio of pinkish orange little darlings. I am going to see how many matched ones in those colors I can collect. I like the size. It's big enough for a ring stone or stud earrings. I'm a collector, not an investor. That implies selling my things at some point.

@GemologyforSchmucks Ай бұрын

I think the best investors are effective collectors. At a certain point, you need to see enough stones to understand what is worth collecting. That means that you have to sell off some of the things that you know are less rare so that you can afford the rarer items. A lot of the top gem dealers are doing just this. They sell what they can in order to not have to sell the top pieces.

@CinnaGrim01 Жыл бұрын

I like to invest into Oregon Sunstone because of how pretty it is. 😮

@GemologyforSchmucks Жыл бұрын

It can indeed be a gorgeous stone.

@moshekrinsky4882 11 ай бұрын

my friend,,,, with Oregon Sunstone melee must be costume ordered,,,, for many reasons, nobody cuts melle from Oregon Sunstone,, but regular-size gems yes ,,, and Arizona gems shows are said to be the best sourcing area during January I would offer u the stone u need,, or facet Oregon sunstone for you but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do that here on anyone else's channel

@mistydevillier2197 Ай бұрын

I like the achroic ones.

@robboback1814 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Mr. Peter. Im newish to jewelry making after 50 years in a different trade. Being a past professional, I am intensely getting into the gemstone and jewelry trade. I reasoned immediately in my jewelry making the significance of what you humorously layed out!! Calibrated stones of exact mm size are not an easy procurement on my side of the trade. I, of course need exact mm size for flush stone setting. Im never guaranteed exact size when buying parcels or packets of gemstones!! And the stones are never sold to me at a discounted price being different sizes!!! So, I completely understand what you are saying there!! I am currently looking to source decent eye clean faceted stones at a good wholesale price. If anyone has contact info for this, ( 1mm to 5mm) stones, please post here if possible. TIA!!💍😊🙋‍♂️

@GemologyforSchmucks 5 ай бұрын

So there are two routes to take here. If you want well calibrated stones, I can source sieved parcels such as described in this video that are close to a size and you can calibrate them yourself. This is the cheaper way and will get you a few shades and sizes within certain tolerances. The other option would be to go for a precision melee dealer that has machine cut stones with very fine grading of cut and colour matching. This already has a premium built into it naturally, as they have spent their work hours doing all the sorting, and their cutting process is arguably less crystal efficient and the cost must be built into their business model. I would google "precision melee gems" and go with whichever company suits you, if you prefer this route.

@williamharberts5514 Жыл бұрын

Useful, interesting and practical. It is a joy to have you back.

@GemologyforSchmucks Жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you ~ It's my pleasure to contribute

@lorisewsstuff1607 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for this video. I've had an on going argument with my husband for several years about my eternity wedding band. He bought it many years ago when he was low budget. 😅 Now he hates it and says it looks cheap because the diamonds are small. I disagree. The diamonds, while small, are very good quality and very uniform. I can't get him to understand those things matter more than size. Maybe if he sees how much work goes into matching a set of stones he'll finally get it.

@GemologyforSchmucks Жыл бұрын

My pleasure - pretty incredible how emotional and symbolic jewelry can be eh? What ideas we carry around with us, and what the purchase meant at that time, what does it mean to us now etc etc. Theres a lot of unpacking to be done. Hopefully my videos will be of service to that end.

@gginpar Ай бұрын

Always informative and entertaining, thanks from all the schmucks

@user-sz7ku7qy8z 11 ай бұрын

I am from Ethiopia, Tigray region currently in our area there is a huge quality blue sapphire. But the people doesn't know about its value and usage

@GemologyforSchmucks 11 ай бұрын

I have been fortunate to see a few Ethiopian sapphires in person here in Bangkok. Not a large supply reaches us at this time, but they can be quite nice.

@stelamo Жыл бұрын

nice :P

@GemologyforSchmucks Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@KC9RXP 10 ай бұрын

Im just going to get ahold of you soon

@GemologyforSchmucks 10 ай бұрын

Cheers, I welcome your email.

@Liburni Жыл бұрын

good idea🥸👍

@GemologyforSchmucks Жыл бұрын

Thank you~

@charlesadkins7067 9 ай бұрын

hey peter great videos what do you think of investing in gemstone rough

@GemologyforSchmucks 9 ай бұрын

Hi there~ thank you. Gemstone rough is a peculiar game and it requires a fair amount of acumen. It is definitely something that can be invested in, but I would not advise it for anyone who has not dealt with it enough to be willing to gamble intelligently. The folks I know that deal in rough with sense still have a certain amount of reverent fear. Rough is good.... if its good... and terrible if it isnt.

@KC9RXP 8 ай бұрын

Are the green ones tsavorite?

@GemologyforSchmucks 8 ай бұрын

At around 1:36? yes.

@AdrianaB-uv7yg Жыл бұрын

Where can I get the kit?

@GemologyforSchmucks Жыл бұрын

You can send me an email at thegemshepherd@gmail.com and I can help you out.

@jtcustomknives 7 ай бұрын

Pew disappear lol. I do watch repair and we call this the “Swiss space program”

@GemologyforSchmucks 7 ай бұрын

That may be the best euphemism i've heard for this yet.

@moshekrinsky4882 11 ай бұрын

my favoret pave width to use is actualy 1.5-1 mil and u didn't mention that they gotta be thin ,,,I cant do pave setting just as easy with thicker gems and that is very crucial for pave actually,,,espeshialy if u wanna do pave on the back of a euro shank its gotta be very very thin thickness melee THE THICKNES CALIBERATION IS CRUCIAL ASSWEL

@moshekrinsky4882 11 ай бұрын

but i love what your doing your amazing and thanks

@GemologyforSchmucks 11 ай бұрын

@@moshekrinsky4882 Thanks Moshe~

@GemologyforSchmucks 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely, and thanks for sharing your experience, Moshe. I expect i'll need to do another video to follow up on this point. There might be an opportunity for me to talk about the differences between machine cut and hand cut melee aswell. Cheers, and thanks again.

@moshekrinsky4882 11 ай бұрын

@@GemologyforSchmucks that wuld be good , you know haw OCD we artisans can get with perfection !! and pleeeeas tel me when that video is ready !!! and where do the machine facets happon??? nobody knows,,,definitely not Jaipur Brazil or Tucson as far is I know,,,,I'm guessing the Cantonese,,,but that's just a guess

@GemologyforSchmucks 11 ай бұрын

@@moshekrinsky4882 Machine cutting happens in a number of places, with the Chinese and Koreans being some of the more famous.