Love for Gems
Welcome to my website!
I am a professional gemologist and gemstone artist, born in Saint Petersburg and living in Madrid since 1998.
I’m very passionate about gem faceting, gemology, inclusions in gems and photomicrography.
Here you can buy my gems, and also find some more info about me, my projects, my blog with recent news, and 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.
Precision cut gems for jewelry
Currently, my main activity is cutting and selecting best quality natural gemstones for jewelry.
I use the technique of precision faceting. It is a manual work, but it utilizes high precision equipment and special computer programs to create original faceting designs, to get maximum brilliance and scintillation of gemstones.
Click on “Show more info” to see some general highlights of precision gem faceting or search for your perfect gem on “See Available”.
Magic of brilliance and dispersion
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. Years ago, I prepared the Gem-sphalerite.com 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!
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.
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