Can we start a new thread with respected CS vendors?

[Clairitek]

I added some stuff in bold. Thanks for the great starter list!!

Ok, based on the more recent posts and my memory (which is not very good!), I came up with the following list. I know I am missing a lot of good vendors, specially the ebay sellers, so please help out! I tried to include only the vendors that have been used by several PSers over time.


Precision Cutters
Barry of Artistic Colored Gems - www.acstones.com
Rick Martin of Art Cut Gems - www.artcutgems.com
Gene Flanigan of Precision Gems - www.precisiongem.com
Dan Stair of Custom Gemstones - www.customgemstones.com
Jeff White of White's Gems - www.whitesgems.com
Richard Homer of Concave Cut - www.concavegems.com/
Dana of Master Cut Gems - www.mastercutgems.com
Andrew Gulij of Gemfix - www.gemfix.com
Jerry of Gem Art - http://www.gemartservices.com
Bob Kast - www.bobkast.com
Ulli of Osiris Gems - www.osirisgems.com
Roger Dery of Spectral Gems - www.spectralgems.net
Lisa Elser - www.lisaelser.com
Gary Braun of Fine Water Gems - www.finewatergems.com
Peter Torraca www.torraca.net
www.gemcal.com

Gem Dealers
Pala - www.palagems.com
David Wein of Multicolour Gems - www.multicolour.com
Gem Line - www.litnon.com
Swala Gems (specializes in Mahenge spinels, tsavorites and other African Gems) www.swalagemtraders.com
Leibish - www.fancydiamonds.net (specializes in fancy colour diamonds)
Brad Pailey of The Gem Trader - www.thegemtrader.com (specializes in rare and unusual stones)
Edward Bristol of Wild Fish Gems - www.WildFishGems.com (Unheated Sapphires and other untreated stones)
www.NaturalUnheatedRuby.com (exactly that!)
John - www.simplysapphires.com
www.bkkgemstones.com (mainly Sapphires but some other colored gemstones and jewelry)
www.djraregems.com
David of Diamonds by Lauren - www.diamondsbylauren.com (mainly fancy coloured diamonds but has a range of coloured gemstones also)
Andrew of Gemfix - www.gemfix.com
John of GemRite - www.gemrite.com

Ebay Stone Vendors
Tan of gemburionline, odysseygem, vvs1gem, thegemology (new store I was just notified of)
Weblorn - http://myworld.ebay.com/weblorn&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533

Ebay Setting Vendors
American Set - http://myworld.ebay.com/americanset/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
Lan.bo4 - http://www.ebay.com/sch/lan.bo4/m.html
diamondmounts - http://myworld.ebay.com/diamondmounts/
jewe2004 - http://stores.ebay.com/jewe2004
LOGR (Lord of Gem Rings) - http://stores.ebay.com/Lord-of-Gem-Rings
leejewelry
beyondjewelry3

Etsy Setting Vendors
Daniel M (Dan) - http://www.etsy.com/people/danielmjewelry
Adzia - http://www.etsy.com/people/AdziasJewelryAtelier
Sally of Heart of Water - http://www.etsy.com/people/HeartofWaterJewels
Julia Taylor (JKT) - http://www.etsy.com/people/juliakaytaylor
Kyleanne - http://www.etsy.com/people/kyleannemetals
Maddie of OneGarnetGirl - http://www.etsy.com/people/onegarnetgirl
Jill of janishjewels - http://www.etsy.com/shop/JanishJewels?ref=ss_profile

Custom Setting Vendors
Whiteflash - www.whiteflash.com
Brian Gavin Diamonds (BGD) - www.briangavindiamonds.coom
Victor Canera - www.victorcanera.com
Green Lake Jewelry - www.greenlakejewelry.com

Other sites
Opal Auctions - www.opalauctions.com
Diamond Bistro - www.diamondbistro.com
www.jewelsbyericagrace.com

Added a few in bold above. Just a thought though - should we really separate out precision cutters from gem dealers? Wouldn't it be better to put them into one category i.e. Gem Dealers/Lapidarists? The reason I'm saying this is that some on the precision list also have non-precision cut gems.

Chrono - have added Erica Grace for you.

I added Peter Torraca to the precision gem cutters area.

 

[pregcurious]

Suggested additions:

Custom settings:
Steven Kirsch http://www.timelessluxury.net/
Quest Fine Jewelry http://questfinejewelers.com/
Hunt Country Jewelers http://huntcountry.com/

Gem Dealers:
Tsavorite USA Inc. http://www.tsavorite.com/

Other sites:
Pearlman's http://www.pearlmansjewelers.com/

 

[erinl]

Doug Menadue Bespoke Gems http://www.bespoke-gems.com

 

[aviastar]

Suggested additions:

Custom settings:
Steven Kirsch http://www.timelessluxury.net/
Quest Fine Jewelry http://questfinejewelers.com/
Hunt Country Jewelers http://huntcountry.com/

Gem Dealers:
Tsavorite USA Inc. http://www.tsavorite.com/

Other sites:
Pearlman's http://www.pearlmansjewelers.com/

Hunt Country also has loose colored gemstone they cut- don't know if anyone on the boards has purchased one or not, but they are available and several PS'ers have used them for custom settings recently.

www.tsavorite.com is run by Bruce Bridges- are we trying to include names with companies?

This is a great idea, thank you everyone!

 

[jannysmile]

This information is useful

 

[aljdewey]

I think an updated list of vendors with store name, vendor name, and website link would be extremely helpful. I don't think it's necessary to put vendors into categories, but any vendor who has a history of issues with refunds should not make the list.

It's precisely for this reason that the list isn't a good idea. One person could have marvelous customer service and another with the same vendor could have an opposite experience - so who's right?

A list that simply has vendors with links to their websites should be sufficient (or the original one updated so old ones removed) which is probably preferable.

I don't believe we should call them "respected" or "trusted". It should simply be a list of places people could try.

So let's just make a 'colored stones dealer's' list, and people can vette the experiences of others for themselves.

 

[Justin_Cutter]

gemsthailand http://stores.ebay.com/naturalsapphirecompany
Great experience. They should be added to the eBay stone vendors list.
~Justin

 

[Treenbean]

Dan and Cindy Stair http://www.customgemstones.com/
Gary Braun http://www.finewatergems.com/
Litnon http://litnon.com/index.php
Barry Bridgestock http://www.acstones.com/
D & J Rare gems http://www.djraregems.com/index.html
Dana Reynolds http://mastercutgems.com/index.php
Jerry http://www.gemartservices.com/index.html
Jeff White http://www.whitesgems.com/?gclid=CJWi06Xl46MCFdJL5QodtXI-lQ
Steve Green (fine Briolettes) http://www.briolettes.com/


Ed Bristol http://www.wildfishgems.com/
paraiba International http://www.paraibainternational.com/
Steve Perry http://www.steveperrygems.com/

 

[chrono]

Oh boy, there's lots of doubling of names which will need to be cleaned up.

I can't believe I'd forgotten to include Josh for emeralds.
Josh at http://serenity-diamonds.com/

 

[LD]

gemsthailand http://stores.ebay.com/naturalsapphirecompany
Great experience. They should be added to the eBay stone vendors list.
~Justin

Natural Sapphire Company? Justin, this is one that we have wanted removed from the list for ages as there are VERY FEW positive experiences and in fact there are threads that are positively steering people away!

 

[LD]

Dear All

I have added all the new suggestions below (with the exception of NSC but this one can be added if people want it in here) and combined "Precision Cutters" and "Gemstone Dealers" as the two are sometimes one and the same. My suggestion to help this thread smoothly is that if you want to add a new link, please copy this list and add to it - that will save the Moderators having to look through everything! Apologies if I've missed anything!


Precision Cutters and/or Gemstone Dealers
Barry of Artistic Colored Gems - www.acstones.com
Rick Martin of Art Cut Gems - www.artcutgems.com
Gene Flanigan of Precision Gems - www.precisiongem.com
Dan Stair of Custom Gemstones - www.customgemstones.com
Jeff White of White's Gems - www.whitesgems.com
Richard Homer of Concave Cut - www.concavegems.com/
Dana of Master Cut Gems - www.mastercutgems.com
Andrew Gulij of Gemfix - www.gemfix.com
Jerry of Gem Art - www.gemartservices.com
Bob Kast - www.bobkast.com
Ulli of Osiris Gems - www.osirisgems.com
Roger Dery of Spectral Gems - www.spectralgems.net
Lisa Elser - www.lisaelser.com
Gary Braun of Fine Water Gems - www.finewatergems.com
Peter Torraca www.torraca.net
www.gemcal.com
Pala - www.palagems.com
David Wein of Multicolour Gems - www.multicolour.com
Gem Line - www.litnon.com
Swala Gems (specializes in Mahenge spinels, tsavorites and other African Gems) www.swalagemtraders.com
Leibish - www.fancydiamonds.net (specializes in fancy colour diamonds)
Brad Pailey of The Gem Trader - www.thegemtrader.com (specializes in rare and unusual stones)
Edward Bristol of Wild Fish Gems - www.WildFishGems.com (Unheated Sapphires and other untreated stones)
www.NaturalUnheatedRuby.com (exactly that!)
John - www.simplysapphires.com
www.bkkgemstones.com (mainly Sapphires but some other colored gemstones and jewelry)
www.djraregems.com
David of Diamonds by Lauren - www.diamondsbylauren.com (mainly fancy coloured diamonds but has a range of coloured gemstones also)
Andrew of Gemfix - www.gemfix.com
John of GemRite - www.gemrite.com
Bruce Bridges Tsavorite USA Inc. www.tsavorite.com
paraiba International www.paraibainternational.com
Steve Perry www.steveperrygems.com
Litnon www.litnon.com
Steve Green (fine Briolettes) www.briolettes.com
Paraiba International www.paraibainternational.com
Steve Perry www.steveperrygems.com
Josh at www.serenity-diamonds.com (specialises in Emeralds but also has other gemstones)


Ebay Stone Vendors
Tan of gemburionline http://stores.ebay.co.uk/GemBuriOnline?_rdc=1 odysseygem http://stores.ebay.com/OdysseyGem vvs1gem http://stores.ebay.com/vvs1gem?_rdc=1 thegemology http://stores.ebay.com/thegemology
Weblorn - http://myworld.ebay.com/weblorn&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533

Ebay Setting Vendors
American Set - http://myworld.ebay.com/americanset/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
Lan.bo4 - http://www.ebay.com/sch/lan.bo4/m.html
diamondmounts - http://myworld.ebay.com/diamondmounts/
jewe2004 - http://stores.ebay.com/jewe2004
LOGR (Lord of Gem Rings) - http://stores.ebay.com/Lord-of-Gem-Rings
leejewelry
beyondjewelry3

Etsy Setting Vendors
Daniel M (Dan) - http://www.etsy.com/people/danielmjewelry
Adzia - http://www.etsy.com/people/AdziasJewelryAtelier
Sally of Heart of Water - http://www.etsy.com/people/HeartofWaterJewels
Julia Taylor (JKT) - http://www.etsy.com/people/juliakaytaylor
Kyleanne - http://www.etsy.com/people/kyleannemetals
Maddie of OneGarnetGirl - http://www.etsy.com/people/onegarnetgirl
Jill of janishjewels - http://www.etsy.com/shop/JanishJewels?ref=ss_profile

Custom Setting Vendors
Whiteflash - www.whiteflash.com
Brian Gavin Diamonds (BGD) - www.briangavindiamonds.coom
Victor Canera - www.victorcanera.com
Green Lake Jewelry - www.greenlakejewelry.com
Steven Kirsch http://www.timelessluxury.net/
Quest Fine Jewelry http://questfinejewelers.com/
Hunt Country Jewelers http://huntcountry.com/


Other sites
Opal Auctions - www.opalauctions.com
Diamond Bistro - www.diamondbistro.com
www.jewelsbyericagrace.com
Pearlman's www.pearlmansjewelers.com

 

[T L]

gemsthailand http://stores.ebay.com/naturalsapphirecompany
Great experience. They should be added to the eBay stone vendors list.
~Justin

Natural Sapphire Company? Justin, this is one that we have wanted removed from the list for ages as there are VERY FEW positive experiences and in fact there are threads that are positively steering people away!

LD,
That's actually an ebay store name for ebay dealer gemsthailand, not the real NSC. It's confusing because their ebay store name is the same as NSC (who also has an ebay store too). Justin had a good experience with gemsthailand, so I think it should be added to the list.

 

[LD]

gemsthailand http://stores.ebay.com/naturalsapphirecompany
Great experience. They should be added to the eBay stone vendors list.
~Justin

Natural Sapphire Company? Justin, this is one that we have wanted removed from the list for ages as there are VERY FEW positive experiences and in fact there are threads that are positively steering people away!

LD,
That's actually an ebay store name for ebay dealer gemsthailand, not the real NSC. It's confusing because their ebay store name is the same as NSC (who also has an ebay store too). Justin had a good experience with gemsthailand, so I think it should be added to the list.

Crikey - if I were Gemsthailand then I'd be changing my ebay store name pronto then! I'll add it to the list with a note to make sure people know they're not affiliated to NSC!!! Thanks for the heads up TL.

 

[LD]

Dear All

I have added all the new suggestions below (with the exception of NSC but this one can be added if people want it in here) and combined "Precision Cutters" and "Gemstone Dealers" as the two are sometimes one and the same. My suggestion to help this thread smoothly is that if you want to add a new link, please copy this list and add to it - that will save the Moderators having to look through everything! Apologies if I've missed anything!


Precision Cutters and/or Gemstone Dealers
Barry of Artistic Colored Gems - www.acstones.com
Rick Martin of Art Cut Gems - www.artcutgems.com
Gene Flanigan of Precision Gems - www.precisiongem.com
Dan Stair of Custom Gemstones - www.customgemstones.com
Jeff White of White's Gems - www.whitesgems.com
Richard Homer of Concave Cut - www.concavegems.com/
Dana of Master Cut Gems - www.mastercutgems.com
Andrew Gulij of Gemfix - www.gemfix.com
Jerry of Gem Art - www.gemartservices.com
Bob Kast - www.bobkast.com
Ulli of Osiris Gems - www.osirisgems.com
Roger Dery of Spectral Gems - www.spectralgems.net
Lisa Elser - www.lisaelser.com
Gary Braun of Fine Water Gems - www.finewatergems.com
Peter Torraca www.torraca.net
www.gemcal.com
Pala - www.palagems.com
David Wein of Multicolour Gems - www.multicolour.com
Gem Line - www.litnon.com
Swala Gems (specializes in Mahenge spinels, tsavorites and other African Gems) www.swalagemtraders.com
Leibish - www.fancydiamonds.net (specializes in fancy colour diamonds)
Brad Pailey of The Gem Trader - www.thegemtrader.com (specializes in rare and unusual stones)
Edward Bristol of Wild Fish Gems - www.WildFishGems.com (Unheated Sapphires and other untreated stones)
www.NaturalUnheatedRuby.com (exactly that!)
John - www.simplysapphires.com
www.bkkgemstones.com (mainly Sapphires but some other colored gemstones and jewelry)
www.djraregems.com
David of Diamonds by Lauren - www.diamondsbylauren.com (mainly fancy coloured diamonds but has a range of coloured gemstones also)
Andrew of Gemfix - www.gemfix.com
John of GemRite - www.gemrite.com
Bruce Bridges Tsavorite USA Inc. www.tsavorite.com
paraiba International www.paraibainternational.com
Steve Perry www.steveperrygems.com
Litnon www.litnon.com
Steve Green (fine Briolettes) www.briolettes.com
Paraiba International www.paraibainternational.com
Steve Perry www.steveperrygems.com
Josh at www.serenity-diamonds.com (specialises in Emeralds but also has other gemstones)
Gemsthailand http://stores.ebay.com/naturalsapphirecompany (NB: this Ebay Store is not affiliated to The Natural Sapphire Company)
Doug Menadue Bespoke Gems www.bespoke-gems.com

Ebay Stone Vendors
Tan of gemburionline http://stores.ebay.co.uk/GemBuriOnline?_rdc=1 odysseygem http://stores.ebay.com/OdysseyGem vvs1gem http://stores.ebay.com/vvs1gem?_rdc=1 thegemology http://stores.ebay.com/thegemology
Weblorn - http://myworld.ebay.com/weblorn&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533

Ebay Setting Vendors
American Set - http://myworld.ebay.com/americanset/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
Lan.bo4 - http://www.ebay.com/sch/lan.bo4/m.html
diamondmounts - http://myworld.ebay.com/diamondmounts/
jewe2004 - http://stores.ebay.com/jewe2004
LOGR (Lord of Gem Rings) - http://stores.ebay.com/Lord-of-Gem-Rings
leejewelry
beyondjewelry3

Etsy Setting Vendors
Daniel M (Dan) - http://www.etsy.com/people/danielmjewelry
Adzia - http://www.etsy.com/people/AdziasJewelryAtelier
Sally of Heart of Water - http://www.etsy.com/people/HeartofWaterJewels
Julia Taylor (JKT) - http://www.etsy.com/people/juliakaytaylor
Kyleanne - http://www.etsy.com/people/kyleannemetals
Maddie of OneGarnetGirl - http://www.etsy.com/people/onegarnetgirl
Jill of janishjewels - http://www.etsy.com/shop/JanishJewels?ref=ss_profile

Custom Setting Vendors
Whiteflash - www.whiteflash.com
Brian Gavin Diamonds (BGD) - www.briangavindiamonds.coom
Victor Canera - www.victorcanera.com
Green Lake Jewelry - www.greenlakejewelry.com
Steven Kirsch http://www.timelessluxury.net/
Quest Fine Jewelry http://questfinejewelers.com/
Hunt Country Jewelers http://huntcountry.com/


Other sites
Opal Auctions - www.opalauctions.com
Diamond Bistro - www.diamondbistro.com
www.jewelsbyericagrace.com
Pearlman's www.pearlmansjewelers.com

 

[T L]

I added Jason Brim of Selectgem.

Dear All

I have added all the new suggestions below (with the exception of NSC but this one can be added if people want it in here) and combined "Precision Cutters" and "Gemstone Dealers" as the two are sometimes one and the same. My suggestion to help this thread smoothly is that if you want to add a new link, please copy this list and add to it - that will save the Moderators having to look through everything! Apologies if I've missed anything!


Precision Cutters and/or Gemstone Dealers
Barry of Artistic Colored Gems - www.acstones.com
Rick Martin of Art Cut Gems - www.artcutgems.com
Gene Flanigan of Precision Gems - www.precisiongem.com
Dan Stair of Custom Gemstones - www.customgemstones.com
Jeff White of White's Gems - www.whitesgems.com
Richard Homer of Concave Cut - www.concavegems.com/
Dana of Master Cut Gems - www.mastercutgems.com
Andrew Gulij of Gemfix - www.gemfix.com
Jerry of Gem Art - www.gemartservices.com
Bob Kast - www.bobkast.com
Ulli of Osiris Gems - www.osirisgems.com
Roger Dery of Spectral Gems - www.spectralgems.net
Lisa Elser - www.lisaelser.com
Gary Braun of Fine Water Gems - www.finewatergems.com
Peter Torraca www.torraca.net
www.gemcal.com
Pala - www.palagems.com
David Wein of Multicolour Gems - www.multicolour.com
Gem Line - www.litnon.com
Swala Gems (specializes in Mahenge spinels, tsavorites and other African Gems) www.swalagemtraders.com
Leibish - www.fancydiamonds.net (specializes in fancy colour diamonds)
Brad Pailey of The Gem Trader - www.thegemtrader.com (specializes in rare and unusual stones)
Edward Bristol of Wild Fish Gems - www.WildFishGems.com (Unheated Sapphires and other untreated stones)
www.NaturalUnheatedRuby.com (exactly that!)
John - www.simplysapphires.com
www.bkkgemstones.com (mainly Sapphires but some other colored gemstones and jewelry)
www.djraregems.com
David of Diamonds by Lauren - www.diamondsbylauren.com (mainly fancy coloured diamonds but has a range of coloured gemstones also)
Andrew of Gemfix - www.gemfix.com
John of GemRite - www.gemrite.com
Bruce Bridges Tsavorite USA Inc. www.tsavorite.com
paraiba International www.paraibainternational.com
Steve Perry www.steveperrygems.com
Litnon www.litnon.com
Steve Green (fine Briolettes) www.briolettes.com
Paraiba International www.paraibainternational.com
Steve Perry www.steveperrygems.com
Josh at www.serenity-diamonds.com (specialises in Emeralds but also has other gemstones)
Gemsthailand http://stores.ebay.com/naturalsapphirecompany (NB: this Ebay Store is not affiliated to The Natural Sapphire Company)
Doug Menadue Bespoke Gems www.bespoke-gems.com
Jason Brim of Selectgem www.selectgem.com

Ebay Stone Vendors
Tan of gemburionline http://stores.ebay.co.uk/GemBuriOnline?_rdc=1 odysseygem http://stores.ebay.com/OdysseyGem vvs1gem http://stores.ebay.com/vvs1gem?_rdc=1 thegemology http://stores.ebay.com/thegemology
Weblorn - http://myworld.ebay.com/weblorn&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533

Ebay Setting Vendors
American Set - http://myworld.ebay.com/americanset/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
Lan.bo4 - http://www.ebay.com/sch/lan.bo4/m.html
diamondmounts - http://myworld.ebay.com/diamondmounts/
jewe2004 - http://stores.ebay.com/jewe2004
LOGR (Lord of Gem Rings) - http://stores.ebay.com/Lord-of-Gem-Rings
leejewelry
beyondjewelry3

Etsy Setting Vendors
Daniel M (Dan) - http://www.etsy.com/people/danielmjewelry
Adzia - http://www.etsy.com/people/AdziasJewelryAtelier
Sally of Heart of Water - http://www.etsy.com/people/HeartofWaterJewels
Julia Taylor (JKT) - http://www.etsy.com/people/juliakaytaylor
Kyleanne - http://www.etsy.com/people/kyleannemetals
Maddie of OneGarnetGirl - http://www.etsy.com/people/onegarnetgirl
Jill of janishjewels - http://www.etsy.com/shop/JanishJewels?ref=ss_profile

Custom Setting Vendors
Whiteflash - www.whiteflash.com
Brian Gavin Diamonds (BGD) - www.briangavindiamonds.coom
Victor Canera - www.victorcanera.com
Green Lake Jewelry - www.greenlakejewelry.com
Steven Kirsch http://www.timelessluxury.net/
Quest Fine Jewelry http://questfinejewelers.com/
Hunt Country Jewelers http://huntcountry.com/


Other sites
Opal Auctions - www.opalauctions.com
Diamond Bistro - www.diamondbistro.com
www.jewelsbyericagrace.com
Pearlman's www.pearlmansjewelers.com

 

[Justin_Cutter]

gemsthailand http://stores.ebay.com/naturalsapphirecompany
Great experience. They should be added to the eBay stone vendors list.
~Justin

Natural Sapphire Company? Justin, this is one that we have wanted removed from the list for ages as there are VERY FEW positive experiences and in fact there are threads that are positively steering people away!

LD,
That's actually an ebay store name for ebay dealer gemsthailand, not the real NSC. It's confusing because their ebay store name is the same as NSC (who also has an ebay store too). Justin had a good experience with gemsthailand, so I think it should be added to the list.

Thanks for that TL! You beat me to it.
~Justin

 

[Enerchi]

This is an amazing compilation. Thank you all who had input.
Can it be pinned so it is easier to find for reference in the coloured stone forum?

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Very helpful!

Does anyone have experience with or recommendations for atggems.com?

 

[LD]

Have added AJS - don't know how we missed them off! Also have put the first chunk into alphabetical order so we don't duplicate by accident!

My suggestion to help this thread smoothly is that if you want to add a new link, please copy this list and add to it - that will save the Moderators having to look through everything!


Precision Cutters and/or Gemstone Dealers
Barry of Artistic Colored Gems - www.acstones.com
Arnold & Rung of AJS Gems - www.ajsgem.com
Rick Martin of Art Cut Gems - www.artcutgems.com
Doug Menadue Bespoke Gems www.bespoke-gems.com
www.bkkgemstones.com (mainly Sapphires but some other colored gemstones and jewelry)
Bob Kast - www.bobkast.com
Steve Green (fine Briolettes) www.briolettes.com
Richard Homer of Concave Cut - www.concavegems.com
Dan Stair of Custom Gemstones - www.customgemstones.com
David of Diamonds by Lauren - www.diamondsbylauren.com (mainly fancy coloured diamonds but also coloured gemstones)
www.djraregems.com
Leibish - www.fancydiamonds.net (specializes in fancy colour diamonds)
Gary Braun of Fine Water Gems - www.finewatergems.com
Jerry of Gem Art - www.gemartservices.com
www.gemcal.com
Andrew Gulij of Gemfix - www.gemfix.com
John of GemRite - www.gemrite.com
Gemsthailand http://stores.ebay.com/naturalsapphirecompany (NB: this Ebay Store is not affiliated to The Natural Sapphire Company)
Lisa Elser - www.lisaelser.com
Gem Line - www.litnon.com
Dana of Master Cut Gems - www.mastercutgems.com
David Wein of Multicolour Gems - www.multicolour.com
www.NaturalUnheatedRuby.com (exactly that!)
Ulli of Osiris Gems - www.osirisgems.com
Pala - www.palagems.com
Paraiba International www.paraibainternational.com
Gene Flanigan of Precision Gems - www.precisiongem.com
Jason Brim of Selectgem www.selectgem.com
Josh at www.serenity-diamonds.com (specialises in Emeralds but also has other gemstones)
John - www.simplysapphires.com
Roger Dery of Spectral Gems - www.spectralgems.net
Steve Perry www.steveperrygems.com
Eric of Swala Gems (specializes in Mahenge spinels, tsavorites and other African Gems) www.swalagemtraders.com
Brad Pailey of The Gem Trader - www.thegemtrader.com (specializes in rare and unusual stones)
Peter Torraca www.torraca.net
Bruce Bridges Tsavorite USA Inc. www.tsavorite.com
Jeff White of White's Gems - www.whitesgems.com
Edward Bristol of Wild Fish Gems - www.WildFishGems.com (Unheated Sapphires and other untreated gemstones)

Ebay Stone Vendors
Tan of Gemburionline http://stores.ebay.co.uk/GemBuriOnline
Tan of Odysseygem http://stores.ebay.com/OdysseyGem
Tan of VVS1gem http://stores.ebay.com/vvs1gem
Tan of Thegemology http://stores.ebay.com/thegemology
Weblorn - http://myworld.ebay.com/weblorn&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533

Ebay Setting Vendors
American Set - http://myworld.ebay.com/americanset/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
Lan.bo4 - http://www.ebay.com/sch/lan.bo4/m.html
diamondmounts - http://myworld.ebay.com/diamondmounts/
jewe2004 - http://stores.ebay.com/jewe2004
LOGR (Lord of Gem Rings) - http://stores.ebay.com/Lord-of-Gem-Rings
leejewelry
beyondjewelry3

Etsy Setting Vendors
Daniel M (Dan) - http://www.etsy.com/people/danielmjewelry
Adzia - http://www.etsy.com/people/AdziasJewelryAtelier
Sally of Heart of Water - http://www.etsy.com/people/HeartofWaterJewels
Julia Taylor (JKT) - http://www.etsy.com/people/juliakaytaylor
Kyleanne - http://www.etsy.com/people/kyleannemetals
Maddie of OneGarnetGirl - http://www.etsy.com/people/onegarnetgirl
Jill of janishjewels - http://www.etsy.com/shop/JanishJewels?ref=ss_profile

Custom Setting Vendors
Whiteflash - www.whiteflash.com
Brian Gavin Diamonds (BGD) - www.briangavindiamonds.coom
Victor Canera - www.victorcanera.com
Green Lake Jewelry - www.greenlakejewelry.com
Steven Kirsch http://www.timelessluxury.net/
Quest Fine Jewelry http://questfinejewelers.com/
Hunt Country Jewelers http://huntcountry.com/


Other sites
Opal Auctions - www.opalauctions.com
Diamond Bistro - www.diamondbistro.com
www.jewelsbyericagrace.com
Pearlman's www.pearlmansjewelers.com

 

[T L]

What happened with this list? Is it going to be used???

 

[JewelFreak]

Please, Mods, can we pin this list?

Wonderful job, TL.

 

[erinl]

I had suggested David Dawson of Rough 2 Refined http://rough2refinedgemstones.com/ I know several people have been very pleased with his work. I purchased a stone and returned it (due to color preference on my part), but it was a lovely cut gem and he was very easy and professional to deal with.....

 

[Pandora II]

Precision Cutters and/or Gemstone Dealers
Barry of Artistic Colored Gems - www.acstones.com
Arnold & Rung of AJS Gems - www.ajsgem.com
Rick Martin of Art Cut Gems - www.artcutgems.com
Doug Menadue Bespoke Gems www.bespoke-gems.com
www.bkkgemstones.com (mainly Sapphires but some other colored gemstones and jewelry)
Bob Kast - www.bobkast.com
Steve Green (fine Briolettes) www.briolettes.com
Richard Homer of Concave Cut - www.concavegems.com
Dan Stair of Custom Gemstones - www.customgemstones.com
David of Diamonds by Lauren - www.diamondsbylauren.com (mainly fancy coloured diamonds but also coloured gemstones)
www.djraregems.com
Leibish - www.fancydiamonds.net (specializes in fancy colour diamonds)
Gary Braun of Fine Water Gems - www.finewatergems.com
Jerry of Gem Art - www.gemartservices.com
www.gemcal.com
Andrew Gulij of Gemfix - www.gemfix.com
John of GemRite - www.gemrite.com
Gemsthailand http://stores.ebay.com/naturalsapphirecompany (NB: this Ebay Store is not affiliated to The Natural Sapphire Company)
Lisa Elser - www.lisaelser.com
Gem Line - www.litnon.com
Dana of Master Cut Gems - www.mastercutgems.com
David Wein of Multicolour Gems - www.multicolour.com
www.NaturalUnheatedRuby.com (exactly that!)
Ulli of Osiris Gems - www.osirisgems.com
Pala - www.palagems.com
Paraiba International www.paraibainternational.com
Gene Flanigan of Precision Gems - www.precisiongem.com
Jason Brim of Selectgem www.selectgem.com
Josh at www.serenity-diamonds.com (specialises in Emeralds but also has other gemstones)
John - www.simplysapphires.com
Roger Dery of Spectral Gems - www.spectralgems.net
Steve Perry www.steveperrygems.com
Eric of Swala Gems (specializes in Mahenge spinels, tsavorites and other African Gems) www.swalagemtraders.com
Brad Pailey of The Gem Trader - www.thegemtrader.com (specializes in rare and unusual stones)
Peter Torraca www.torraca.net
Bruce Bridges Tsavorite USA Inc. www.tsavorite.com
Jeff White of White's Gems - www.whitesgems.com
Edward Bristol of Wild Fish Gems - www.WildFishGems.com (Unheated Sapphires and other untreated gemstones)
www.topgem.co.uk (UK gemstone dealer specialising in unheated sapphires and rubies)

Ebay Stone Vendors
Tan of Gemburionline http://stores.ebay.co.uk/GemBuriOnline
Tan of Odysseygem http://stores.ebay.com/OdysseyGem
Tan of VVS1gem http://stores.ebay.com/vvs1gem
Tan of Thegemology http://stores.ebay.com/thegemology
Weblorn - http://myworld.ebay.com/weblorn&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533

Ebay Setting Vendors
American Set - http://myworld.ebay.com/americanset/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
Lan.bo4 - http://www.ebay.com/sch/lan.bo4/m.html
diamondmounts - http://myworld.ebay.com/diamondmounts/
jewe2004 - http://stores.ebay.com/jewe2004
LOGR (Lord of Gem Rings) - http://stores.ebay.com/Lord-of-Gem-Rings
leejewelry
beyondjewelry3

Etsy Setting Vendors
Daniel M (Dan) - http://www.etsy.com/people/danielmjewelry
Adzia - http://www.etsy.com/people/AdziasJewelryAtelier
Sally of Heart of Water - http://www.etsy.com/people/HeartofWaterJewels
Julia Taylor (JKT) - http://www.etsy.com/people/juliakaytaylor
Kyleanne - http://www.etsy.com/people/kyleannemetals
Maddie of OneGarnetGirl - http://www.etsy.com/people/onegarnetgirl
Jill of janishjewels - http://www.etsy.com/shop/JanishJewels?ref=ss_profile

Custom Setting Vendors
Whiteflash - www.whiteflash.com
Brian Gavin Diamonds (BGD) - www.briangavindiamonds.coom
Victor Canera - www.victorcanera.com
Green Lake Jewelry - www.greenlakejewelry.com
Steven Kirsch http://www.timelessluxury.net/
Quest Fine Jewelry http://questfinejewelers.com/
Hunt Country Jewelers http://huntcountry.com/


Other sites
Opal Auctions - www.opalauctions.com
Diamond Bistro - www.diamondbistro.com
www.jewelsbyericagrace.com
Pearlman's www.pearlmansjewelers.com

 

[Starzin]

This is a great list and thanks to all.

Two things though...the link for http://www.bkkgemstones.com (mainly Sapphires but some other colored gemstones and jewelry) does not resolve i.e. the site is gone? Please check sites if you are recommending and haven't used them recently.

Secondly can I suggest that just the list itself is copied and made into a sticky (with a link to this thread for suggested inclusions) so that we can add suggestions to this thread and keep the list itself clean of comments? It then makes it a simple task for Ella - if she sees this thread pop up - to check that the suggestion isn't already on the list. It will also stop unnecessary repetition of the list here so that it becomes the "suggested additions" list.

Fabulous resource though!

 

[Arcadian]

Africagems.com Great people to buy from


-A

 

[T L]

Ella,
Please pin this.

 

[Fly Girl]

Richard Wise of www.rwwise.com has both colored gemstones and fine designer jewelry.

Steve Green (Rough and Ready Gems) http://briolettes.com/ has colored stone briolletes that I have purchased for earrings and been very pleased with.

I also have a soft spot for Oregon sunstones from etsy cutter sparklequest. http://www.etsy.com/shop/sparklequest?ref=ss_profile

 

[VapidLapid]

Precision Cutters and/or Gemstone Dealers
Barry of Artistic Colored Gems - www.acstones.com
Arnold & Rung of AJS Gems - www.ajsgem.com
Rick Martin of Art Cut Gems - www.artcutgems.com
Doug Menadue Bespoke Gems www.bespoke-gems.com
www.bkkgemstones.com (mainly Sapphires but some other colored gemstones and jewelry)
Bob Kast - www.bobkast.com
Steve Green (fine Briolettes) www.briolettes.com
Richard Homer of Concave Cut - www.concavegems.com
Dan Stair of Custom Gemstones - www.customgemstones.com
David of Diamonds by Lauren - www.diamondsbylauren.com (mainly fancy coloured diamonds but also coloured gemstones)
www.djraregems.com
Leibish - www.fancydiamonds.net (specializes in fancy colour diamonds)
Gary Braun of Fine Water Gems - www.finewatergems.com
Jerry of Gem Art - www.gemartservices.com
www.gemcal.com
Andrew Gulij of Gemfix - www.gemfix.com
John of GemRite - www.gemrite.com
Gemsthailand http://stores.ebay.com/naturalsapphirecompany (NB: this Ebay Store is not affiliated to The Natural Sapphire Company)
Lisa Elser - www.lisaelser.com
Gem Line - www.litnon.com
Dana of Master Cut Gems - www.mastercutgems.com
David Wein of Multicolour Gems - www.multicolour.com
www.NaturalUnheatedRuby.com (exactly that!)
Ulli of Osiris Gems - www.osirisgems.com
Pala - www.palagems.com
Paraiba International www.paraibainternational.com
Gene Flanigan of Precision Gems - www.precisiongem.com
Jason Brim of Selectgem www.selectgem.com
Josh at www.serenity-diamonds.com (specialises in Emeralds but also has other gemstones)
John - www.simplysapphires.com
Roger Dery of Spectral Gems - www.spectralgems.net
Steve Perry www.steveperrygems.com
Eric of Swala Gems (specializes in Mahenge spinels, tsavorites and other African Gems) www.swalagemtraders.com
Brad Payne of The Gem Trader - www.thegemtrader.com (specializes in rare and unusual stones)
Peter Torraca www.torraca.net
Bruce Bridges Tsavorite USA Inc. www.tsavorite.com
Jeff White of White's Gems - www.whitesgems.com
Edward Bristol of Wild Fish Gems - www.WildFishGems.com (Unheated Sapphires and other untreated gemstones)
www.topgem.co.uk (UK gemstone dealer specialising in unheated sapphires and rubies)
Steve Wallner / http://westviewgems.com/
Natural Sapphire Company / http://www.thenaturalsapphirecompany.com/
John Dyer / http://johndyergems.com/catalog_pages/catalog_main.html

Ebay Stone Vendors
Tan of Gemburionline http://stores.ebay.co.uk/GemBuriOnline
Tan of Odysseygem http://stores.ebay.com/OdysseyGem
Tan of VVS1gem http://stores.ebay.com/vvs1gem
Tan of Thegemology http://stores.ebay.com/thegemology
Weblorn - http://myworld.ebay.com/weblorn&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533

Ebay Setting Vendors
American Set - http://myworld.ebay.com/americanset/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
Lan.bo4 - http://www.ebay.com/sch/lan.bo4/m.html
diamondmounts - http://myworld.ebay.com/diamondmounts/
jewe2004 - http://stores.ebay.com/jewe2004
LOGR (Lord of Gem Rings) - http://stores.ebay.com/Lord-of-Gem-Rings
leejewelry
beyondjewelry3

Etsy Setting Vendors
Daniel M (Dan) - http://www.etsy.com/people/danielmjewelry
Adzia - http://www.etsy.com/people/AdziasJewelryAtelier
Sally of Heart of Water - http://www.etsy.com/people/HeartofWaterJewels
Julia Taylor (JKT) - http://www.etsy.com/people/juliakaytaylor
Kyleanne - http://www.etsy.com/people/kyleannemetals
Maddie of OneGarnetGirl - http://www.etsy.com/people/onegarnetgirl
Jill of janishjewels - http://www.etsy.com/shop/JanishJewels?ref=ss_profile

Custom Setting Vendors
Whiteflash - www.whiteflash.com
Brian Gavin Diamonds (BGD) - www.briangavindiamonds.coom
Victor Canera - www.victorcanera.com
Green Lake Jewelry - www.greenlakejewelry.com
Steven Kirsch http://www.timelessluxury.net/
Quest Fine Jewelry http://questfinejewelers.com/
Hunt Country Jewelers http://huntcountry.com/
thegemshoppe/Michael E / http://gemshoppe.com/
Beatrisfortes, our own lady disdain / http://www.beatrizfortes.com/
http://www.rdgnz.com/

Other sites
Opal Auctions - www.opalauctions.com
Diamond Bistro - www.diamondbistro.com
www.jewelsbyericagrace.com
Pearlman's www.pearlmansjewelers.com

I have added Lady disdain's website, she does lovely work and is one of our own, and also Michael E of the Gemshoppe for the same reasons.
eta: steve wallner/westview gems
eta: spelling of brad payne

I am also adding NSC. There are PSers who have had good, yes even very good experiences with them. Many of us have other opinions based on their prices and some practices in how they present themselves and their goods on the web, but that does not alter the experiences of those who have worked with them and been happy, or make their opinions less valid.

again eta: John Dyer and RDG in New Zealand, totally amazing goldsmithing

 

[VapidLapid]

Precision Cutters and/or Gemstone Dealers
Barry of Artistic Colored Gems - www.acstones.com
Arnold & Rung of AJS Gems - www.ajsgem.com
Rick Martin of Art Cut Gems - www.artcutgems.com
Doug Menadue Bespoke Gems www.bespoke-gems.com
www.bkkgemstones.com (mainly Sapphires but some other colored gemstones and jewelry)
Bob Kast - www.bobkast.com
Steve Green (fine Briolettes) www.briolettes.com
Richard Homer of Concave Cut - www.concavegems.com
Dan Stair of Custom Gemstones - www.customgemstones.com
David of Diamonds by Lauren - www.diamondsbylauren.com (mainly fancy coloured diamonds but also coloured gemstones)
www.djraregems.com
Leibish - www.fancydiamonds.net (specializes in fancy colour diamonds)
Gary Braun of Fine Water Gems - www.finewatergems.com
Jerry of Gem Art - www.gemartservices.com
www.gemcal.com
Andrew Gulij of Gemfix - www.gemfix.com
John of GemRite - www.gemrite.com
Gemsthailand http://stores.ebay.com/naturalsapphirecompany (NB: this Ebay Store is not affiliated to The Natural Sapphire Company)
Lisa Elser - www.lisaelser.com
Gem Line - www.litnon.com
Dana of Master Cut Gems - www.mastercutgems.com
David Wein of Multicolour Gems - www.multicolour.com
www.NaturalUnheatedRuby.com (exactly that!)
Ulli of Osiris Gems - www.osirisgems.com
Pala - www.palagems.com
Paraiba International www.paraibainternational.com
Gene Flanigan of Precision Gems - www.precisiongem.com
Jason Brim of Selectgem www.selectgem.com
Josh at www.serenity-diamonds.com (specialises in Emeralds but also has other gemstones)
John - www.simplysapphires.com
Roger Dery of Spectral Gems - www.spectralgems.net
Steve Perry www.steveperrygems.com
Eric of Swala Gems (specializes in Mahenge spinels, tsavorites and other African Gems) www.swalagemtraders.com
Brad Payne of The Gem Trader - www.thegemtrader.com (specializes in rare and unusual stones)
Peter Torraca www.torraca.net
Bruce Bridges Tsavorite USA Inc. www.tsavorite.com
Jeff White of White's Gems - www.whitesgems.com
Edward Bristol of Wild Fish Gems - www.WildFishGems.com (Unheated Sapphires and other untreated gemstones)
www.topgem.co.uk (UK gemstone dealer specialising in unheated sapphires and rubies)
Steve Wallner / http://westviewgems.com/
Natural Sapphire Company / http://www.thenaturalsapphirecompany.com/
John Dyer / http://johndyergems.com/catalog_pages/catalog_main.html
Robert Genis / http://www.preciousgemstones.com/

Ebay Stone Vendors
Tan of Gemburionline http://stores.ebay.co.uk/GemBuriOnline
Tan of Odysseygem http://stores.ebay.com/OdysseyGem
Tan of VVS1gem http://stores.ebay.com/vvs1gem
Tan of Thegemology http://stores.ebay.com/thegemology
Weblorn - http://myworld.ebay.com/weblorn&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533

Ebay Setting Vendors
American Set - http://myworld.ebay.com/americanset/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
Lan.bo4 - http://www.ebay.com/sch/lan.bo4/m.html
diamondmounts - http://myworld.ebay.com/diamondmounts/
jewe2004 - http://stores.ebay.com/jewe2004
LOGR (Lord of Gem Rings) - http://stores.ebay.com/Lord-of-Gem-Rings
leejewelry
beyondjewelry3

Etsy Setting Vendors
Daniel M (Dan) - http://www.etsy.com/people/danielmjewelry
Adzia - http://www.etsy.com/people/AdziasJewelryAtelier
Sally of Heart of Water - http://www.etsy.com/people/HeartofWaterJewels
Julia Taylor (JKT) - http://www.etsy.com/people/juliakaytaylor
Kyleanne - http://www.etsy.com/people/kyleannemetals
Maddie of OneGarnetGirl - http://www.etsy.com/people/onegarnetgirl
Jill of janishjewels - http://www.etsy.com/shop/JanishJewels?ref=ss_profile

Custom Setting Vendors
Whiteflash - www.whiteflash.com
Brian Gavin Diamonds (BGD) - www.briangavindiamonds.coom
Victor Canera - www.victorcanera.com
Green Lake Jewelry - www.greenlakejewelry.com
Steven Kirsch http://www.timelessluxury.net/
Quest Fine Jewelry http://questfinejewelers.com/
Hunt Country Jewelers http://huntcountry.com/
thegemshoppe/Michael E / http://gemshoppe.com/
Beatrisfortes, our own lady disdain / http://www.beatrizfortes.com/
http://www.rdgnz.com/

Other sites
Opal Auctions - www.opalauctions.com
Diamond Bistro - www.diamondbistro.com
www.jewelsbyericagrace.com
Pearlman's www.pearlmansjewelers.com

I have added Lady disdain's website, she does lovely work and is one of our own, and also Michael E of the Gemshoppe for the same reasons.
eta: steve wallner/westview gems
eta: spelling of brad payne

I am also adding NSC. There are PSers who have had good, yes even very good experiences with them. Many of us have other opinions based on their prices and some practices in how they present themselves and their goods on the web, but that does not alter the experiences of those who have worked with them and been happy, or make their opinions less valid.

again eta: John Dyer and RDG in New Zealand, totally amazing goldsmithing

I have run out of edits so I have to repost Robert Genis ofhttp://www.preciousgemstones.com/ was on the old list as well.

 

[Imdanny]

I think it's a really good idea, Uppy. The pinned vendor list has nearly 60 websites, some not even functional. I don't know anyone who has the time or desire to manually search through every single one of those entries - I certainly don't, though I did try once. I got to the Gs and gave up.

I made it all the way through. I'm such a nerd.

But yes I think this new list is even better organized and even more helpful. Thank you.