金光藍寶石(Gold Sheen Sapphire)的特別優惠方案

Posted on 08/11/201615/11/2016 by Steve Waddington

我願意以特別優惠的價格促銷金光藍寶石，目的是提高金光藍寶石在寶石行業的知名度，使得珠寶設計師們更多地應用這個新的剛玉品種。雖然目前已有金光藍寶石的設計獲得一些獎項，但我和Mr Tanzim﹣金光藍寶石的發現人，想把這一獨特的新寶石品種推動至屬於它的價值所在的領域。

以下是我提供的特別優惠方案:

根據你的需求，無論原石或特別打磨切割，全部人手選定
不管特級或極特級全部劃一價格
任何大小形狀切割均可，誤差小至 0.1毫米
一年內再次購買保證維持原價格不變
你設計出的珠寶首飾可免費展示在我的網站及相關公眾媒體公開售賣

金光藍寶石的價格在過去的一年里提升了100％。普通級別的售價去年是每克拉20美金，現在是每克拉40美金。特級的售價去年是大約每克拉50美金，而現在要大概200美金甚至更多。

所以，首先我願意給珠寶設計師們提供優惠的價格，並可根據設計的需要來切割。如有意購買已切割打磨的現貨裸石或樣品，我的網站上有更優惠的價格﹣ http://sjwgems.com/wholesale/gold-sheen-sapphire-wholesale/.

其次，價格鎖定一年的方案可使珠寶設計師有信心推出價格穩定的同類產品。前不久，我們剛剛為美國紐約一個珠寶設計商量身度做地完成了5000克拉的訂單，為了達到所需的規格，我們切割了400公斤的原石以確保每一枚寶石符合訂購者的要求。由此可見，任何規格及要求的訂單我們都會圓滿地完成。

一塊神奇的金光藍寶石

Posted on 07/11/201615/11/2016 by Steve Waddington

這是塊迄今為止我看到的最令人歎為觀止的金光藍寶石。通常情況下，金光藍寶石在不同光線的照耀下會呈現金色或銅色或青銅色等，而這塊寶石不管在怎樣的光線下都閃耀着存正的金色，更有趣的是在這塊寶石的中間還開了一個好像是黃色鑽石的窗口，令人驚歎不已。

Unique Gold Sheen Sapphire — 重量: 44 克拉。長寬高 24mm x 15mm x 13mm

為什麼要佩戴寶石？

Posted on 07/11/201615/11/2016 by Steve Waddington

為什麼要佩戴寶石？因為它漂亮！漂亮的寶石本身不僅吸引別人的眼球，也能增添佩戴者自身的美，更顯示出佩戴者的時尚和品味。

Gold Sheen Sapphire Pendant — 還有什麼能比金光藍寶石的吊墜更好地襯托出女人項下的美麗？

天然寶石都是獨一無二，永遠不會俗氣或誇張。在柔和的燈光下寶石更顯柔和的色彩，在充足的日光下絢麗多彩。選擇好的寶石佩戴會令膚色更加嬌艷，線條更加柔和，煥然一新。

佩戴翡翠還是黃水晶耳環？根據你當時的穿著，環境的燈光或者心情會有不同的選擇。

作為禮物來說，寶石可說是最大體和有誠意的。而對贈送禮物的人來說，佩戴它則是最好的回報。

Sapphire Pendant — 說”我愛你”還不如送這顆藍寶石更能令人心動吧！

New Factory Cuttings – Gold Sheen Sapphire

Posted on 03/11/201603/11/2016 by Steve Waddington

The latest batch of Gold Sheen Sapphires from the factory are showing some remarkable characteristics.

Gold Sheen Sapphire cabochons, yet to be graded.

First, we are seeing vivid asterism in the cabs. All gold sheen sapphires cabs have some degree of asterism, but usually it is quite faint. The rough we are cutting now seems to have more rutile, which gives them both a ‘sleepier’ look, and the much more prominent star:

Gold sheen sapphire cabochons vivid star — Prominent star features on gold sheen sapphire cabochons

You can see the rutile silk under multiple light sources (with a single light source, these would have a prominent star)

Gold Sheen Sapphire cabs softer silk look — Gold Sheen Sapphire cabs showing softer silk look due to greater rutile inclusion

Then, there was this incredible find – for the first time we have seen completely transparent gold sheen sapphire with full sheen and star effect. The smartphone snapshot does it no justice, but imagine the transparency of a vivid blue medium tone sapphire, but instead of blue, the colour is golden sheen.

transparent star gold sheen sapphire — Incredibly beautiful star gold sheen sapphire, completely transparent, very very rare.

Out of 200,000 carats cut, we have found less than 20 carats of stones like this. We know how to cut is as cabochons, so that is what the factory did. But what I am thinking is, what if we faceted it with a brilliant cut? I’ll run it by Tanzim and see what he thinks.

New Factory Cuttings – Ruby

Posted on 02/11/201602/11/2016 by Steve Waddington

I have just seen the latest cuttings from the factory for ruby. We are getting more range of colour and gradings as we progress into the parcel.

Tray of ruby cabochons — Tray of ruby cabs sorted by colour grade

Tray of dark ruby cabochons — Tray of darker ruby cabs sorted by colour grade

I am seeing quite a lot of medium-light and slight purplish red natural unheated ruby cabs in the market now, between $200 and $300 per carat. The lighter stones we are getting from the parcel would match that grade.

Some, like these, are at the other end of the tone scale with strong purple red to purple/red hue and strong saturation:

But I have to say, I do prefer the medium/dark tone best of all:

Medium Dark to dark Ruby cabs with moderate to strong saturation

SJW gems can supply ruby cabs in calibrated sizes to any specification. We own the rough and control the production through to the final polish and shipment. We can accommodate order sizes up to 10,000 carats per month, and welcome small orders from collectors and independent designers. Talk to us now for your Christmas Season orders!

红宝石! 红宝石! 红宝石!

Posted on 25/10/201615/11/2016 by Steve Waddington

我们已经开始切割第一批来自马达加斯加的红宝石原石啦。这批红宝石百分百天然出产，没有任何高温处理，完全来自古老的天然沉积而成，其坚硬度连工厂里见过各种各样红蓝宝石的的切割工人也赞叹不已。我们已经用了高于50%的钻石磨石来切割打磨。我也开始怀疑这批红宝石在摩氏硬度表上应该排在哪里，因为它的硬度明显高于普通的刚玉类宝石。

这批红宝石颜色均匀，呈现美丽的玫瑰红和艳丽的李子红色，并具有很高的饱和度。均匀的颜色和高饱和度是制作上好珠宝首饰的最佳材料。

目前这批红宝原石已经切割成椭圆面裸石，因其不能透明到可以切割成切面。

更多有关这批红宝石的信息，可在我们的网页查看 – sjwgems.com

投資珠寶/寶石生意

Posted on 25/10/201615/11/2016 by Steve Waddington

曾經有很多人問我投資珠寶/寶石生意好不好？如果要做，怎樣開始。

答案當然取決於不同的投資目的。對於普通人來說，大多數不是在珠寶領域里工作，投資珠寶則可分為以下三類：

短線投資
長線投資
傳統投資

以上三類投資各有其優缺點，但共同的要求是你要清楚你想做什麼，然後要麼大量研究及學習，要麼聽取信得過的專家的建議。

1. 短線投資

短線投資的吸引力在於找到物美價廉的真品貨色再以接近市場價格出售。要麼是遇到好運氣，要麼是因為獨到的眼光和專業，或者兩者都有，物美價廉的真品貨色確確實實可以找到。但是就每一真品來說，可能有十次買賣都是有利可圖的，但到最後還是會與市價看齊而不再有利潤空間。

總的來說，購買珠寶時大部分珠寶商會誠實告知商品的成色。這些年來，我在斯里蘭卡和泰國有過上百次交易但尚未遇到有珠寶商刻意賣給我名不副實的珠寶。至於是否真的物超所值，則完全靠我本身對市場價格的了解或者對是否有加熱處理的程度及特有顏色等的判斷。

當年我在斯里蘭卡第一次購買珠寶時是非常幸運的。那時的斯里蘭卡仍處於長期戰亂後的動蕩時期，除聯合國觀察員外，外國人在國內很少見，而肯買珠寶的外國人則少之又少。所以當地的珠寶商對我極之友好，總以最優惠的價格跟我做交易。以下便是其中幾個：

ruby ring 2ct — 2克拉紅寶石鑲嵌白寶石戒指, 購於斯里蘭卡10年前價格500美金現今市值超過5000美金

tanzanite-7ct — 這顆完美無暇的坦桑石重達7克拉，2008年購於斯里蘭卡科倫坡市的珠寶行。坦桑石的價格一直比較波動，但一塊如此稀有美麗的寶石將永遠有升值的空間。

tsavorite-4-5ct — 這顆4.5克拉的沙弗萊寶石可以說是我的最愛。沙弗萊石是擁有極美的顏色卻被低估的寶石，因為她有翡翠的顏色，藍寶石的折射率但卻更比二者十倍的罕有。

以上這些珠寶對於我來說，與其是短期投資不如說是傳統投資，因為所有都是那麼美麗奪目，令人愛不釋手，我不捨得賣出去，情願收藏下來留給我的子孫後代。這裡我只是拿來舉例，其實有機會低價買到高端的珠寶，即便是新手也一樣。問題是你夠不夠運氣(好似我第一次買一樣), 或者是專業知識( 好似我後來一樣)。

還有另外一種情況是一些寶石純屬是因其美麗而令我心動而買下來。當然，這種情況只發生在我最早期購買珠寶的階段，因為那時對我來說，只要是一件艷麗的珠寶，不管花多少錢都是值得的。想去擁有這種美麗的東西已超越了金錢上的回報。

2. 長線投資

只要是真的珍品寶石，不管怎樣,隨著時間的推移，她的價值是一定會超越最初購買的價格。即便是你購買了一顆市價1000美金的藍寶石但卻花了2000美金買到。短期內你確實是虧的，但是10年乃至幾年內，她的價格可能會升到2000美金，而20年後可能值4000美金，30年後可能8000美金，如此類推……寶石每年平均 7.2%的升值比率可以彌補最初購買時的虧蝕。即使對珠寶沒有什麼了解的人，只要他們買到的寶石稀有珍貴，長遠來說，寶石固有的價值一定會超越其最初購買的價格。最簡單的例子，30年前我花了2000美金買了個鑽石戒指訂婚，相當於我當時一個月的薪金，而且是在專賣訂婚戒指的珠寶店購買，可想而知價格不菲。現在，同樣重量的鑽石戒指價值在15000美金左右, 所以單單就這個投資的回報來說並不差的。而且，我更可以看着這個光彩奪目的戒指戴在一個美麗的女人手上長達25年。

海藍寶石和金光藍寶石都是很不錯的長線投資，失手機會極微。

只要買到的是貨真價實的真品，長線投資寶石是比較低風險的投資。當然如若以較低價購得上乘品質就更加理想了。

3. 傳統投資

這確實是項大的投資，因為這是流傳給你的子孫後代的財富，可以保證他們將來有較大的收益。

這種投資不用想也會有很多理由，在此我引用一個比喻來詮釋其中之一：如果你用500萬買一棟房子，沒錯! 房地產會隨著時間的推移而增值。但並不是沒有維修保養費用的，土地價值可能會升，但樓房建築的價值會逐年貶值，而且還可能遇到壞租客，區域變化以及其他可能會發生的意想不到的事情。而珠寶/寶石呢，基本沒有維修保養費用，可能需要的僅僅是個保險箱或是在銀行租的保險箱，而保險費用也是低於任何固定資產的。同時珠寶/寶石的升值幅度卻是跟房地產不相伯仲，且沒有房地產的各種費用。比較之下，與其投資50萬去開始某種資產投資，倒不如一次投資幾萬或十幾萬珠寶/寶石，等到有利可圖隨時出售獲利，相對於其他大宗財產來說，這種投資更加靈活。

天然無高溫處理紅寶石 — 無經高溫熱處理的天然紅寶石是開始投資寶石的不錯的選擇之一.

不管以上那種投資，我要強調的是投资前你要搜尋盡可能多的資料和知識或者尋求專業人士的意見。計劃越長線的投資越穩妥，但也隨時可以見利就走。

至於我的公司 SJW Gems, : 我的目標就是搜尋最美的高品質的寶石，再以我擁有的寶石鑒定實驗室技術確保品質和真偽，以最低的成本獲得最高的回報。我一直堅持的座右銘就是以一半的價格創造出兩倍的價值。

由始至終，我搜集的所有寶石都是我所珍愛並用以個人收藏的。如果您購買後不再欣賞它的美麗，我很樂意再次以原價收購及收藏它們。

更多關於我和公司的故事，請在公司網站點擊中文部分 – http://sjwgems.com/about/

Quick Guide to Buying and Investing in Ruby

Posted on 20/10/201620/10/2016 by Steve Waddington

Some tips and advice for people interested in buying or investing in ruby in the longer term. The main things to consider and avoid.

Ruby is one of the ‘big three’ of precious gemstones – Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. At one time these were the only types of gems considered ‘precious’, and everything else was ‘semi=precious’. The finest ruby is worth more than diamond, but you can find ruby from as little as $5 per carat (not that you would want to buy it though).

Natural Ruby – For investment purposes, only ever buy natural ruby. Manufactured ruby looks good and is fine for less expensive jewellery, but as an investment it has no long term appreciative value.

Ruby Ring — 1 ct Ruby gold ring. Natural ruby with mild heat treatment.

Glass Filled Ruby – When buying natural ruby, absolutely stay away from glass filled ruby! I can not stress this enough, There is a lot of glass filled ruby around at the moment and you can usually tell because it sells for under $10 per carat. Glass filled ruby is not a permanent treatment, and the gem will deteriorate quite quickly over time. When it is new it is hard to spot, but after even as little as a few months the gem starts to become cloudy as stress fractures build up in the glass.

Heat treatment – Heat treatment of ruby and sapphire has been around for hundreds of years, and is so common that the GIA advises that unless you have certain knowledge otherwise, assume your ruby is heat treated. When done properly it improves the clarity, colour and appeal of the gem. However, there is some risk that ‘heat treatment’ may be used to describe a gem that has been glass filled (which is a type of heat treatment). Unless you know what to look for or are buying from someone you trust, avoiding heat treated ruby will ensure you are not getting an inferior glass filled gem. For an excellent article on heat treatment, see A Brief History of Heat: Heat treatment of ruby & sapphire by Richard W. Hughes.

Other Treatments – Generally all related to heat treating, other processes can include the addition of chemicals to penetrate or coat the gem and improve the colour and fill in any surface flaws. When a coating is applied it is called ‘diffusion’, and if the coating gets scratched or damaged, the appeal of the gem will decrease. Irradiation is another surface treatment where the gem is exposed to beryllium. This is a temporary treatment that will improve the colour, but soon wears off. These treatments are detectable in a gemological lab and always decrease the long term value of the gem.

The four ‘C’s – Cut, Clarity, Colour and Carat size apply to rubies just like any other gemstone. Large carat rubies (over 4 carats) are particularly rare. There is an excellent guide to the frou c’c of rubies at ringspro.com.

Unheated – For any given quality, unheated, natural ruby commands the highest price. A 10x jewelers loupe is usually sufficient to tell a gem with heat treatment from an unheated one. For investment purposes and longevity, nothing will surpass unheated natural stones.

ruby-cabochon-1-3ct — Unheated natural ruby 1.3ct

ruby-cabochon-1-91ct — Unheated natural ruby 1.9ct

ruby-cabochon-2-0ct — Unheated natural ruby 2ct

ruby-cabochon-large-16-35ct — Large unheated natural ruby 16.35ct

Types of Ruby Cuts – Rubies can be faceted or cabbed, both are beautiful. Generally the best stone is used for faceting,while more opaque and darker stone is used for cabochons. Hence, faceted ruby usually has a higher price per carat than cabochon. However, ruby cabs will sometimes have a star phenomena, caused by needle like inclusions of rutile. The more prominent the star, the better. Like sapphire, ruby will have a six arm star, or sometimes, very rarely, a 12 arm star.

If you have more questions about buying or investing in ruby, email me at steve@sjwgems.com, I will be very happy to help you.