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Aug 19: Pala’s Featured Stone
Aug 19: Dig Deep for Pakistan!
Aug 19: Pakistan Industry Update
- Statistics for 2009–2010 encourage, disappoint
- “Center for Excellence” via U.S.–Pakistan partnership
- New tourmaline deposit in Gilgit Baltistan
Aug 19: Research Roundup
- LMHC Launches Website
- GILC Ruby Committee Adopts Lead Glass-Filled Ruby Disclosure
- Coated and Fracture-Filled Colored Diamond and more
- Let’s Make a Pearl
Aug 19: Conflict Over Conflict Minerals
Aug 19: Burma Bits
- One-ton imperial jade boulder
- Gems and jade sale this month features a little something

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Collecting and Investing in World Class Colored Gemstones title image

THE LEARNING VAULT

Collecting and Investing in World Class Gemstones
Pala International is endowed with some of the industry’s top consultants and specialists in the world of colored gemstones, with 40 years of observing and experiencing the gem and financial markets as they take their course. This article, by Pala’s Jason Stephenson, is a reflection on that experience: a primer on the “pros” in favor of collecting—from the pros.

FotogFocus
In this occasional series, we focus on the artists behind the camera. In our third installment, we feature Thai photographer (and ex-Pala staffer) Wimon Manorotkul, whose image of a hand-crafted amethyst pendant is pictured at right.

See also our first two features, on the work of French photographer Bruno Cupillard and American photographer Jeffrey Scovil.

The Internal World of Gemstones
This an ode to Dr. Eduard Gübelin—a pictorial guide to a microscopic world that lets us further appreciate gemstones’ external beauty. We’ll update this feature as new photos become available.

Private Eyes
Gabrièl Mattice celebrates her 20th year with Pala International by allowing us to peek behind the scenes of world-class gemstone and mineral specimen acquisition.

The Path to Paraiba Winds Through Mozambique
Pala’s Jason Stephenson recounts the history of gems in southern Africa and traces the steps of Moussa Konate (pictured at right), who discovered paraiba-type tourmaline in Mozambique.

Burma Gem Sales and Statistics
Burma’s many official gem, jade, and pearl sales since 1964 now total over $1.28 billion. Palagems.com has combed the Web for historical data on production, exports, and sales. Updated 7/15/10

COLLECTOR’S CORNER

The odd, the unusual, the beautiful
Welcome to the Collector’s Corner, a special part of Palagems.com devoted solely to the gem collector. Here we are proud to present a few of our more unusual items, complete with special prices discounted from retail for collectors. (Note: Trade members who have obtained a log-in and password from Pala can view our wholesale prices in our regular database.)

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Pala International is home to some of the planet’s finest gems, precious stones and mineral specimens. Here you will find colored stones of every persuasion, including fine Burma ruby, Burma sapphire, Ceylon sapphire, Kashmir sapphire, alexandrite, cat’s eye, tourmaline (including rubellite tourmaline), spinel, garnets such as tsavorite, demantoid, rhodolite and spessartite, imperial topaz, aquamarine, emerald, and a plethora of others. Palagems.com also features educational articles on all aspects of gems, gemology, and mineral specimens.

Page updated August 20, 2010

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