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Welcome
to Gemstone and Company Ltd.
In
existence since 1974, Gemstone & Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary
of Sun Yiu (Lee's) Co., Ltd. based in Kowloon, HK. We are the
#1 distributor of British Columbia Jade in America. Factory
direct, we have over 250 employees including those in our factory
in Shun Da, China.
Products
offered are semi-precious stone jewelry, carvings, pendants,
mosaics, bracelets, beads as well as a growing client base for
custom manufacturing.
Owner,
Mike Lee is the Sales Manager for the United States. Mike's
father, Mr. Stone Lee has been affiliated with Sun Yiu (Lee's)
Co. since its conception.
Mike
Lee
Mike
travels extensively throughout the world finding the finest
rough material he can find then supervises its manufacture in
China with the final product being an excellent grade material
at very affordable prices.
Timisha
McCray
Timisha
McCray is our Denver Showroom Manager. She has extensive
customer service, retail management and jewelry design credentials.
If you have any special order needs or have any questions on
product availability give her a call! She will go above and
beyond your expectations for customer service.
Heather Schmidt
Heather is a Fashion
Design Graduate from Colorado State Univeristy in Fort Collins.
You will find her expert design work illustrated on our website
and you can be sure that she puts together your website order
with speed and accuracy!
Michelle Burton
Michelle Burton is
our extraordinarily gifted webmistress and performs all the
activities in our inventory control program. From the
moment we get new merchandise, Michelle follows it through the
process of getting it all into our POS Program and represents
it on our website. You will enjoy her expert customer
service should you call us here in the showroom.
Melissa Litman
Melissa
is new to Colorado having graduated from SUNY in Plattesburg,
NY. She found her degree in Geology didn't meet her creative
needs and now is seeking out a full fledged career in jewelry
design. She is training in every element of work here
at Gemstone & Co., Ltd. and we know she will be a wonderful
addition to our staff.
If
you live in the Denver area, drop in and meet us in our showroom
where you will find an enormous inventory of carvings, Jade
jewelry, pendants, gemstone beads and finished jewelry and much
more! If you are from out of town gives us a call.
We promise to make you feel that your gemstone needs are our
priority.
ABOUT
BRITISH COLUMBIA JADE
British
Columbia Jade is a Nephrite Jade. It is a silicate of
calcium and magnesium. Historically, Jade is a stone revered
by the Chinese for more the 5,000 years. Very tough, this
stone revered by the Chinese for more than 5,000 years. Very
tough, this stone has been discovered to have been used by prehistoric
tribes for tools, weapons and utensils. Colors of Nephrite Jade
ranges from pure white to all shades of green.
Mining
of Jade involves drilling into the mountain side with water
cooled diamond tipped core drills. The cores are then
extracted and examined to determine grade and suitability to
a finished product.
After
this very selective process, the miner analyzes the "face"
for cleavage points where it will be possible to remove the
jade. After more drilling to push the jade apart from
its natural state, heavy machinery hauls the gemstone off of
the mountainous site.
Due
to the toughness of Jade the above mentioned process is a difficult
one. Also complicating the breaking out process is the
fact that Jade is composed of tightly interlocking fibers (like
a handful of human hair). These fibers make processing
jade far more difficult than any other gemstone.
The
large boulders of Jade are then taken to huge diamond saws where
they are reduced to even more manageable sizes. Trimming
Jade boulders reveals windows into the interior of the boulder
to expose the beauty of the Jade within. These pieces
are taken to warehouses to await even more refinishing and to
finally become a beautiful one-of-a-kind work of art.
Our
finishing factory, Hong Kong Precious Stone Art Factory, is
in the Shunde Dalian District-Daliang, Shunde, Guandong China.
Our team of artisans work with one of a kind pieces to completion
by one individual artisan from start to finish. All carvings
are signed by the artisan upon completion of the project.
TERMS
& CONDITIONS
WHOLESALE/RETAIL
If your company is
interested in selling our products:
1. Select "Contact
Us " link and fill out the
information about your company. We will need either an
EIN# or a Resale License Number on that form. Gemstone &
Company Ltd. will contact you with a personal identification
and password. Once you have received that password, login
to "Wholesale Login" to access the wholesale only
shopping cart system.
All
other sales without an EIN# or Resale Certificate are retail
only prices.
Returns
If you are not satisfied
with your order, please return the items in original condition
with a copy of the invoice within 30 DAYS. You will need to
call or email us for a RETURN AUTHORIZATION before returning
your items.
We cannot accept returns
or exchanges after 30 days OR without an invoice. Please
inspect the package as soon as you receive it and make sure
that all items meet your expectations.
We DO NOT accept returns
on:
Sale items, portions
of bead mixes, partially used wire spools or used tools.
Shipping and handling charges are not eligible for refund.
Please use a traceable
shipping method (Fed Ex, UPS or insured mail) to return your
order.
Gemstone & Company
Ltd. is not responsible for returned orders we do not receive
or returned orders damaged in shipping.
Availability
Stock has been specifically
allocated for Gemstone and Company Ltd. and stock levels are
adjusted automatically. Any item that sells out may be available
via a backorder. Queries about back orders should be directed
to gemstone.co@shaw.ca or by calling us at (303) 426-0861.
Prices of products, services, delivery and other charges displayed
on this web site are current at the time of issue, but these
may change at any time. The availability of our products and
services may change from time to time. In the event a particular
product is sold out Gemstone and Company Ltd. reserves the right
to either process partial orders or make refunds, or return
orders in their entirety. Gemstone and Company Ltd. will retain
full title to and property in the products you order until payment
in full has been confirmed.
Payments
Accepted
Credit Cards: Visa, Master Card, Discover & American Express
Prepaid Check or Money Order:
Orders paid by personal check will be held at least 7 days until
the check clears. Orders paid by money order or bank check,
will be shipped upon receipt.
Please make checks payable to : Gemstone and Company Ltd. There
will be a minimum $25.00 charge on checks returned by the bank
for any reason.
International Customers (Non-US Customers): Payment must be
made by credit card: Visa, or Master Card in US funds only.
NO C.O.D. orders at this time.
Privacy
We fully respect your privacy. Any personal information we collect
from you is strictly for the purpose of processing your order
and will not be sold or given to outside parties.
We use secure SSL to process your order which means no one will
see your credit card that is not supposed to. We do not store
your credit card information anywhere on our site, print it
on invoices, or even display it in our back office software
used by our fulfillment team.
Shipping
Continental
USA Customers:
USPS First Class, Under Two Pounds (Ships To Destination Within
3-5 Business Days)
UPS Ground
Over Two Pounds(Least expensive, does not deliver to PO Boxes.
Ships to Destination Within 5-6 Business Days)
Fed Ex (Fast,
Ground service available, does not deliver to PO Boxes)
UPS / Fed
Ex next day delivery (Fast, very expensive)
UPS / Fed
Ex 2nd Day (Fast, very expensive)
UPS /Fed
Ex three day economy (very expensive)
International Customers: USPS Global, UPS Worldwide Express,
Fed Ex
We recommend the US Postal Service. US Postal Service also provides
express mail service.
Customers
pay any import taxes and duty.
The graph below shows
estimated delivery days for UPS Ground.
Usually, Orders are shipped within 2 to 4 business days.
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