Products

Posts & Pages

Gem Show Shopping

Written by Yvonne Raley

Filed under

AGTA Gemshow 2026, bi-color gems, bicolor gems, blog on rare gemstones, buying gems, colored gems, colored gemstones, cut gems, faceted gems, Gems, gemstone, gemstone show, Imperial topaz, ombre gems, ombre gemstones, rare gems, rare gemstones, Tucson gemshows, untreated gemstone

Match as Match Can: Finding a Topaz for a Missing Earring

Mar 05, 2026

Written by Yvonne Raley

Match as Match Can: Finding a Topaz for a Missing Earring

Matching gems is a tricky task, especially for a bicolor gem such as imperial topaz. Here's how Yvonne figured out how to make it work at the Tucson Gem show.

Written by Yvonne Raley

Filed under

AGTA Gemfair, convention, exhibitor, gem addict, gem dealers, gem tradeshow, Gems, JA show, paraibas, prima gems, tradeshow, Tucson gem show, what to buy at trade shows, wholesale buying

My First Trip to Tucson

Jan 09, 2015

Written by Yvonne Raley

I am so excited. On February 2^nd, I am leaving for my first Tucson show ever. I will be there for the entire week, working part time and shopping part time, making new connections and getting a better sense of availability and pricing of gems.

For those of you who don’t know that much about Tucson, it is thelargest gem show of the world. It takes place once a year, from mid-late January to...