Love for Gems

Welcome to my website!

I am a professional gemologist and gem cutter, born in Saint Petersburg and living in Madrid since 1998.

I’m very passionate about gemstones, gemology, inclusions in gems, photomicrography and gem faceting.

Here you will find some info about me, short descriptions of my projects, my blog with recent news and publications, and also the link to check my gemological reports online.

Thanks for your visit! If you have any comments please contact me by email or on social media.

gems-inclusions.com

All about inclusions in gemstones

Inclusions in gemstones are my life-time passion! They provide gemologists with very valuable information about the nature and conditions of formation of gemstones, but they also create fantastic scenes for microscopic observation and photography of gems.

I created this website to share this passion with gemologists and inclusions collectors. There, you can find there an extensive information about inclusions in gemstones, a large photo gallery of inclusions and a selection of collectible samples with rare and spectacular inclusions in gemstones from all over the world.

Magic of brilliance and dispersion

My other passion is gem faceting. One of the materials I like to work with is gem sphalerite. Aliva mine in Cantabria (Spain) produced the world’s best and largest transparent sphalerites, well known by collectors of rare gems and minerals. I prepared this website with a lot of information about this fabulous material and with some of my faceted sphalerites available for purchase.

Sphalerite is quite a soft stone, so it is not used in jewelry frequently. However, it does have a very high refractive index and an extremely high dispersion, making this gem an extraordinary piece for collections. Check out the section of Faceted sphalerites, you can find there a really unique, precision-cut sphalerites for your collection!

Precision cut gems for jewelry

This is the project I’m currently working on, it is still in preparation. I will publish my faceted stones for jewelry on this website.

For faceting, I use the technique of precision cutting. It utilizes special computer programs to create original faceting designs and to optimize the light passing through gem, to get maximum brilliance and scintillation.

Click on “Show more info” to see some general highlights of this project.

Blog

New Stones

New stones available

April 7, 2023
I’m currently cutting new stones under special orders, and also preparing some stock to launch a dedicated web site were...

Nueva talla “Catenaria”

April 2, 2023
And here is my second new faceting design, specially prepared for the Barcelona collection by Chesco Díaz! The contours of...

Nueva talla “Trencadís”

April 1, 2023
It is a pleasure for us to present today for the first time the new faceting design “Trencadis”, inspired by...

Press

Fashion Network – Collaboration with Maria João Bahia

November 22, 2023
Article in the Fashion Network newspaper about my recent collaboration with the renowned Portuguese jeweler María Joao Bahia who used...

Presentation about 3D jewelry design and precision cutting at the Spanish Gemological Institute (IGE)

May 27, 2023
It was a nice meeting on Saturday, May 26, 2023, a great opportunity to present the advantages of precision cut...

Interview with Egor Gavrilenko

May 12, 2023
The Secrets of Precision Cutting – Interview with Egor Gavrilenko by Diario Joya newspaper It is a large interview where...

Travels

Via ferrata El Ventano del Diablo, Cuenca

September 20, 2020
Here are some pictures from a very nice short trip to Cuenca, with my elder son Evgeniy. We had a...

The Munich Show 2019

October 27, 2019
Some pictures from the Munich Show – Mineralientage Munich, October 2019. I was very honored to expose some of my...

Visit to a cutting factory in Panyu, China

December 28, 2015
I publish here some photos and videos from a very interesting trip to an important area of gemstones and jewelry...

Misc

Presentation about 3D jewelry design and precision cutting at the Spanish Gemological Institute (IGE)

May 27, 2023
It was a nice meeting on Saturday, May 26, 2023, a great opportunity to present the advantages of precision cut...

Nueva talla “Catenaria”

April 2, 2023
And here is my second new faceting design, specially prepared for the Barcelona collection by Chesco Díaz! The contours of...

Nueva talla “Trencadís”

April 1, 2023
It is a pleasure for us to present today for the first time the new faceting design “Trencadis”, inspired by...

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