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Thursday, 2 May 2024

Think Local for this year’s Gift Ideas: A diamond in the rough

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Think Local for this year’s Gift Ideas: A diamond in the rough
Think Local for this year’s Gift Ideas: A diamond in the rough

For those of you still looking for a holiday gift, we have one final gem of an idea you might want to consider.

Holiday gift, we have one final gem of an idea you might want to consider.

Newschannel 2's kirk tupaj explains how diamonds don't have to be out of your budget.

(((((((no super here))))))) sot: renee shevat, owner herkimer diamond mines the only specimen in the world is created by mother nature that's in herkimer county.

Nothing else like it exists anywhere in the world.

You don't have to be a miner to find a diamond in the rough, just go to gem's along the mohawk to find the finest in quartz diamonds.

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None sot: renee shevat, owner herkimer diamond mines when we calibrate it into shapes and sizes that you're familiar with, the marquee's, the emerald's, the round's, the trillion's, they sparkle just like a regular diamond would, but a little bit more price sensitive.

Herkimer diamond mine owner renee shevat says it's not always the price that draws people to the product, but the uniqueness of the stone, and it's getting world-wide attention.

Sot: renee shevat, owner herkimer diamond mines we have the megan markle line that is sprucing throughout the world, but we also have done some work with the beatles through the cities of london and stockholm, or the dalai lama, we're also on home shopping network here domestically, and we're on qvc in japan.

It may surprise you to know that only about 1% of the mines business comes from local consumers, but those internationally find the experience and the gems priceless.

Sot: renee shevat, owner herkimer diamond mines oh my, look what i found, and no one else has touched that.

So you're finding something that is a half a billion year's old, because the herkimer diamond is the oldest gemstone in the world.

The mines are only open from april 15th to november 1st, but you can find the stones and hundreds of locally produced goods right here at gem's along the mohawk.

Sot: renee shevat, owner herkimer diamond mines think when you're shopping small, and you're thinking shop small business, you're making a large impact on the local economy.

T: rk tupaj now ese are just afew , anremember wh you do buylocal, o pport youneighbors whore like going througa diffict year inusiness.

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