Trading rare precious stones. Professional gemmologist, FGA DGA, former gem lab owner, director of Eric C Emms FGA DGA Limited and gem educator.
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Joined July 2008
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Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
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
Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
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
Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
Happy Easter! New icon of St Cyprian blessed today. Thanks to generosity of @ericemms
Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
Easter still doesn't have pagan origins
#maklelan2655
youtu.be/sdjTDKD__mk
Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
Anglo's move to ditch its iconic De Beers diamond business is sparking worries about the future of the troubled industry trib.al/tUpGPma
Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
The view from my bedroom window combines with thoughts of Easter to remind me of this poem by R S Thomas.
Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
Synthetic diamonds are mass-produced in factories, not laboratories.
Some marketing devils named them “lab grown,” to make them sound like they have value.
To all who promote “lab-grown diamonds”: Where’s the lab?
#Diamonds
(Photo: HPHT diamond factory, China. Source: Alibaba)
Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
These guys are chanting "Khybar khybar ya yahud" - calling for the murder of Jews.
It never takes long for antisemitism to surface amongst pro Palestine crowds.
They need to be arrested and if possible, have their citizenship revoked for extremist behaviour.
Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
Oh my word, this is London. I didn’t realise at first when I saw the video. 🫣
Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
All of us in the UK who are not Jewish - an immense, an overwhelming majority - have a responsibility in these troubled times to make our Jewish fellow-citizens feel valued & safe. A responsibility that clearly right now we are failing to meet. It shames the country.
My column in tomorrow’s Sunday Times: now British Jews know
thetimes.co.uk/article/5a116…
Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
These ghastly women are tearing down posters in North London showing Israelis who have been kidnapped by Hamas, saying “This is for Palestine”.
Hamas sympathisers like this should have their citizenship revoked.
Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
It's such a disgrace that this is happening in our country. We should be ashamed.
Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
The real Oppenheimer with Einstein. cantorsparadise.com/when-rob…
Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
Tax Free Shopping must return urges NAJ
NAJ Principal Officer Ben Massey attended a Ministerial roundtable last month and reported the impact that the continued absence of the VAT return scheme is having on jewellery businesses across the country.
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Eric C. Emms FGA DGA retweeted
Breaking: West Ham win Europa Conference League with dramatic Jarrod Bowen goal vs Fiorentina
#WHUFC
football.london/west-ham-uni…
