Gems Made in the U.S.A.

Unlike Southeast Asia, East Africa and Colombia, the United States is not a large or historically important producer of gems. But what the country lacks in gemological richness, it makes up in a startling variety of gems mined coast to coast, from Oregon sunstone to Maine tourmaline.

Eric Braunwart, founder and president of Columbia Gem House in Vancouver, Wash., one of the country’s largest cutters and distributors of American-mined gems, said he noticed a change about four years ago. “Young people decided they needed to know more about what and who they were supporting financially,” he said.

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