A gem dealer's journal

A Gem Dealer’s Journal: Eying at the heart of the Gem trade with Phuket Khunaprapakorn from Gemburi

March 10, 2021 • A Gem dealers journal • Asia Lounges • asialounges • Bangkok • blog • branding • burma • color • Gem Cutting • Gemburi • Gemfields • gems • gemstome • Gemstone • heat treatment • interview • investment • jewellery • jewelry • K.Phuket • Mozambique • news • Phuket • Phuket Khunaprapakorn • Richard W Hughes • rough • ruby • Ruby Lords • Simon Dussart • Simon Sai Dussart • Succession • Thailand • tradition • treatment

Hey Loungers, You often hear us talking about Thailand, and Bangkok in particular, as being the beating heart of the gem trade yet never really explained why. Well, today, we can finally help you get a better grasp over the importance of Thailand for our merry trade. Today, we have the pleasure of introducing you to one of Chantaburi’s Lords of the Ruby trade. Today, we have the pleasure of interviewing the owner of the titanic Gemburi company, the jovial and outgoing Phuket Khunaprapakorn! Khun Phuket, the floor is yours! Discover Gemburi's K. Phuket Khunaprapakorn story now as a...

A Gem Dealer’s Journal: Manning the Mines with Ian Harebottle:

February 03, 2021 • A Gem dealers journal • AFGEM • All Star Minerals • Asia Lounges • asialounges • ASM • Csarite • Emerald • gemfields • Harebottle & Associates • Ian Harebottle • Ruby • Tanzanite • TanzaniteOne • Tsavorite

Ian Harebottle: Don’t get me started on NeoColonialism as my blood boils when I think of what we went through in Gemfields trying to acquire an asset in Colombia. In my book, many of the prevailing global systems are designed to do just that – make people feel good about things, while 100% preventing proper development in Countries that are desperate for growth and transformation. But that is another story…..

A Gem Dealer’s Journal: Outta the Blue: Robert Gessner’s interview

January 05, 2020 • A gem dealer's journal • Asia Lounges • blog • burma • color • color type • creations • garnet • gem • Gemfields • gems • gemstome • Gemstone • Gessner Gems • interview • jewellery • jewelry • Kagem • Mozambique • Natural Gems • origin • Robert Gessner • rough • ruby • sapphire • Simon Dussart • South Africa • Spinel • tanzania • Tanzanite One

"More interesting to the readers will be the mining licenses: once a private or public organisation is looking into a new or existing mining license, exploration would have delineated the potential resource (note: I do not say reserve – because reserve means the gems are guaranteed, which is not the case in the coloured gemstone mining industry). The mining department works with the geology department to calculate the desired scale of operations and decide on the best mining method to access and extract the gemstone ore (resource). The size of the resource, coupled to the chosen mining method generates a life-of-mine. Obviously, I am summarising a very complex process." - Says Gessner in his interview with AsiaLounges' A Gem Dealer's Journal