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A stunning combination...

Saturday 13 March 2010 1 comment

Spinel and Paraiba Swala Gem Traders has pulled out a beautiful authentic Paraiba Tourmaline to match it with a superb high end Mahenge Spinel. We wanted to share the stunning color combination with you.

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High end tsavorite production...

Thursday 26 November 2009 no comment

Tsavorite Swala Gem Traders is pleased to announce that they recently purchased a large amount of very high end tsavorites. These tsavorites are very rare in quality. The quantity produced is also quite unusual.

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130 cts tanzanite...

Friday 27 February 2009 3 comments

Impressive tanzanite This 130 carat tanzanite was cut last year. Everything about this gem is nice: color, size, clarity, cut. This tanzanite is obviously too heavy to be worn. It's either a museum piece or a collector's item, not really an everyday ring.

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Winza corundum (ruby and sapphire)

Thursday 5 February 2009 1 comment

Rough Winza corundum Just a few pictures of the Winza corundum (ruby and sapphire). Swala Gem Traders had financed a team of ruby and sapphire miners in Winza. Multiple kilos of Winza corundum were brought back to us. Obviously, much of rubies and sapphires were either useless or of cabochon quality. Plenty smaller pieces (0.3-0.4cts) were beautiful and facetable. A few larger and very attractive pieces (above 3 cts) were also cut.

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Huge red garnet matching pair of pears

Tuesday 3 February 2009 no comment

Red garnet A rare pair of red garnets, each weighing above 70 cts. Probably best suited for a collection.

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AT LAST, GEMS TO BUY ONLINE!

Tuesday 27 January 2009 no comment

ICA-Swala-Gem-Traders Dear friends and customers,
In our business, one often hears "FROM THE MINE TO YOUR RING!". At Swala Gem Traders, this phrase corresponds to reality. Our gems come from our own mines or are purchased from African small miners at our buying office in northern Tanzania. Many of the rough stones are then cut by our own cutters.

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Gem Safari 2009

Thursday 22 January 2009 3 comments

gem-lion-Swala-Gem-Traders The 2009 Gem Safari, held in August 2009, will be divided in three parts:
. mine visits
. a couple of days in Arusha seeing and purchasing rough and cut gems
. a few days on safari

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Lemshuko Tsavorite mining videos

Sunday 18 January 2009 no comment
We've put a few videos online to show how we mine our tsavorites at Lemshuko (northern Tanzania). Click on "read more" if you wish to see these videos.

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Like a phoenix, red spinel on the rise

Sunday 30 November 2008 no comment

mahenge spinels swala gems "Spinel: resurrection of a classic" is a nice overview of red spinels (including the Mahenge spinels of course) around the world. Article by Vincent Pardieu, with Richard Hughes

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Tanzanite: parcours d'une pierre precieuse - Reportage par Mandjou (RFI).

Friday 28 November 2008 no comment
Reportage radio (cliquer plus bas) - "Pierre precieuse aux reflets bleus, pourpre et bronze, la Tanzanite a ete decouverte dans les annees 60 au pied du Kilimandjaro. Elle est aujourd'hui taillee et polie en Inde... c' est une entreprise sud africaine qui en a le quasi monopole de la distribution.... Et, 80 % de la production est vendue par les bijoutiers americains..." Le marche de la Tanzanite a travers le monde, reportage de Corinne Mandjou.

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Tanzanite - July 7, 1967: Tanzanite: something new out of Africa

Tuesday 25 November 2008 no comment

de Souza purchase Few travelers arrive in Tanzania without having heard the magic word "TANZANITE". It's a one-of-a-kind gemstone found in the Massai country of Tanzania, right in sight of Mount Kilimanjaro.

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A new spessartite discovery by the Serengeti...

Tuesday 12 February 2008 6 comments

Rough spessartite garnet In October 2007, my brother Mark called while I was travelling in Europe to let me know he suspected that Tanzania was unveiling yet another gem deposit. "I think we're on top of something big again. An important spessartite discovery seems to have taken place in the northern part of the country".

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Tanzanite: Its discovery and early days - By John Saul - ICA's InColor Magazine . Summer 2007

Monday 11 February 2008 2 comments

Tanzanite ICA John Saul Many accounts of the discovery of tanzanite have found their way into print, most of them quite misleading or simply wrong.

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Magnificent Jewels - Sotherby's - Geneva May 21st 1997

Monday 11 February 2008 no comment

Magnificent Jewels Sotherby's Magnificent Jewels - Sotherby's - Geneva May 21st 1997. Getting into a Sotherby's sale ten years ago with big tsavorite garnets wasn't that easy. Mark was quite proud to have been able to work this out.

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Color Change garnet - Tanzania continues to pour forth riches

Wednesday 6 February 2008 1 comment

Color Change Garnet Tanzania continues to pour forth riches. This was the beginning of a news item in the Jewelers' Circular-Keystone in July 1970. The article goes on to say that in addition to tanzanite and chrome-tourmaline (which were then new materials for jewelers), Tanzania had produced a new type of garnet "gleaming red at night and green in daylight".

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