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Eric C. Emms FGA DGA

@ericemms

Trading rare precious stones. Professional gemmologist, FGA DGA, former gem lab owner, director of Eric C Emms FGA DGA Limited and gem educator.

 100 Hatton Garden, London
ericemms.co.uk
Joined July 2008
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Peter Frankopan
@peterfrankopan22 May 2025
I wrote about what are perhaps the most exciting findings in recent North American archaeology: glass beads, found in Arctic Alaska that are indisputably European. Crucially they were made and deposited well before Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. 1/2
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Sank@CricketIsSimple26 Apr 2025
"No, if the ball pitches outside leg, it can not be LBW"
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Capel Lofft
@CapelLofft19 Apr 2025
The thing about Christianity, inconvenient and in many ways tricky as it has proved for me, is that it is actually true. There is no other explanation for the empty tomb and aftermath that isn't madly convoluted and/or that doesn't ring totally psychologically false
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StCypriansBakerStreet@stcypriansnw120 Apr 2025
Happy Easter! New icon of St Cyprian blessed today. Thanks to generosity of @ericemms
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Dan McClellan@maklelan11 Apr 2025
Easter still doesn't have pagan origins #maklelan2655 youtu.be/sdjTDKD__mk
Easter still doesn't have pagan origins

Easter still doesn't have pagan origins

#maklelan2655

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Let's talk Diamonds! ericemms.co.uk/blog-1/lets-t…
Let’s Talk Diamonds! — Eric C. Emms FGA DGA Limited

Let’s Talk Diamonds! — Eric C. Emms FGA DGA Limited

When you start to think about diamonds first understand what is meant by the word ‘Diamond’ Just remember three things. Diamonds are formed deep within the Earth, 900 million to three billion years...

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Managed to find finally this heavy pair. A long read ahead of me. Not bedside reading…
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Unheated aquamarines. See my Instagram post for details
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At @retailjeweller Festival to hear opinions of how to promote natural diamonds to consumers.
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Champagne diamond ring added to our website. Isn’t 2025 the year of #mochamouse brown colour? #champagnediamond ericemms.co.uk/shop/diamond-…
Diamond Rings — Shop gems — Eric C. Emms FGA DGA Limited

Diamond Rings — Shop gems — Eric C. Emms FGA DGA Limited

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Rough Diamond Production: De Beers amasses biggest diamond stockpile since 2008 financial crisis ft.com/content/ab237eeb-1404… via @ft
De Beers amasses biggest diamond stockpile since 2008 financial crisis

De Beers amasses biggest diamond stockpile since 2008 financial crisis

Chinese demand has slumped as competition from lab-grown alternatives has increased

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De Beers focuses on its synthetic industrial products to polish its IPO appeal thetimes.com/article/bdeba36…?

De Beers focuses on lab-grown diamonds to polish its IPO appeal

The diamond giant is betting on industrial applications to offset a downturn in luxury spending

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Man-made Diamonds: It was only a matter of time- Signet introduces laboratory-grown diamonds into H Samuel and Ernest Jones retail-jeweller.com/news-and…
Signet introduces laboratory-grown diamonds into H Samuel and Ernest Jones | Retail Jeweller

Signet introduces laboratory-grown diamonds into H Samuel and Ernest Jones | Retail Jeweller

The US-headquartered company, which owns fascias including Zales, Kay Jewelers and Jared in the US, has invested heavily in laboratory-grown diamonds in

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Demantoid garnet, padparadscha sapphire, red spinel, Mogok ruby. All untreated. My gem stock in trade. Who is interested? Who knows these gem varieties? Tell me.
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Tom Holland
@holland_tom10 Jul 2024
Vengeance for the Medway at last
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Man-made diamonds : De Beers will stop growing man-made diamonds. rapaport.com/news/de-beers-t…
De Beers to Stop Producing Lab-Grown Diamonds for Jewelry

De Beers to Stop Producing Lab-Grown Diamonds for Jewelry

Miner unveils plans to manufacture and sell natural polished amid strategy revamp.

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Bloomberg Markets
@markets14 May 2024
Anglo's move to ditch its iconic De Beers diamond business is sparking worries about the future of the troubled industry trib.al/tUpGPma
Anglo Ditching De Beers Is Hard Blow for Troubled Diamond Market

Anglo Ditching De Beers Is Hard Blow for Troubled Diamond Market

The diamond industry has already been feeling the heat. Prices have slumped, Russian sanctions are threatening trade and the emergence of lab-grown gems is eating into some key traditional markets.

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Diamond formation: This is a tentative hypothesis! “Scientists may have pinpointed the true origin of the Hope Diamond and other pristine gemstones” livescience.com/planet-earth… – at Lacco Ameno, Campania
Scientists may have pinpointed the true origin of the Hope Diamond and other pristine gemstones

Scientists may have pinpointed the true origin of the Hope Diamond and other pristine gemstones

Researchers suggest that the famed Golconda diamonds, including the Hope Diamond and Koh-i-noor, may have originated from a volcanic outcrop nearly 200 miles from where they were mined.

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Tom Holland
@holland_tom31 Mar 2024
The view from my bedroom window combines with thoughts of Easter to remind me of this poem by R S Thomas.
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