Maasai elders at dusk in Tanzania
Gem Experience

The House

Nothing begins above ground. Every piece starts with a stone we followed out of the earth in Tanzania.

At the source

Chosen where it is mined

We are a coloured-gemstone house. Our stones are chosen in Tanzania, where they come out of the ground, rather than bought further down the line.

Tanzanite is found in one place on earth, a few square kilometres at the foot of Kilimanjaro. Around it lies the East African belt that also gives us spinel, tsavorite, rhodolite and Malaya garnet.

The stones we work with
Rough stones being sorted
At the bench

Cut in our own workshop

The stones are cut in the house's own workshop and every piece is finished by hand. High Jewellery is counted in hours at the bench: 2,100 for Celestine, 2,600 for Samaah, and more than 3,700 for Flamenco.

How each piece came to be
Celestine, worn
High Jewellery One of a kind, each built around a single stone, and quoted privately. Fine Jewellery Collections made to be worn often, in the same stones.
In person

Ateliers in Dubai, Jaipur and Arusha

The pieces are shown in private at our ateliers in Dubai, Jaipur and Arusha, and in stores across Tanzania's parks and lodges. We also travel with them to exhibitions through the year.

The Gem Experience atelier in Dubai