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Muisca jewels by Muzo Emerald

Published on December 29, 2023

Unique jewels with the best emeralds in the world presented by Muzo Emerald ♦ ︎

Muisca is the name associated with a Chibcha civilization that formed a confederation encountered by the Spanish during the conquest of present-day central Colombia. Muisca is also one of the four original civilizations of the Americas. According to legend, the tribe performed El Dorado, a ritual in which a ruler covered his body with gold dust, offering precious objects and emeralds to the gods.
And it is also the name of a series of precious jewels by Muzo Emerald, the big company that operates in the department of Boyacá, in Colombia. Muzo is the world capital of emeralds: here you can find the highest quality green stone mines. And Muzo Emerald extracts these emeralds from the earth: a good part sells them to jewelers all over the world. A small, selected quantity of emeralds is used instead to make Muzo jewels.

Muzo Emerald, collana Muisco — Muzo Emerald, Muisca necklace

An example is, indeed, the jewelry series from the Muisca collection. Like the necklace with over 228 carats of emeralds along with yellow and white diamonds set in 18 carat yellow gold, which is sold at a price of 91,000 dollars. It is, obviously, made with the best quality emeralds, with the same deep shades of the forest that extends (for now) between Brazil and Colombia. This is also a precious commodity.

Orecchini della collezione Muisca — Earrings from the Muisca collection

Orecchini con 43,76 carati di smeraldi — Earrings with 43.76 carats of emeralds

Joseph Gad, life in green

Published on November 28, 2023

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Orecchini pendenti con smeraldi taglio pera e diamanti

The green philosophy of Joseph Gad: at the center of great jewels put great emeralds ♦

Green is the color of grass, of hope and of emeralds. And it is the color that the Gad family has chosen, which continues the tradition of the founder, Joseph Gad, who in 1960 embarked on the path of high jewelery. With a marked preference for green, ie for emeralds, even if it offers jewelery with other gems. And, more particularly, for the emeralds of Colombia, occasionally combined with diamonds or sapphires and rubies. Since then it has become the world’s leading source of precious and rare and rare diamonds.

Anello in oro bianco con smeraldo e diamanti taglio marquise

In 1968, the Gad family became an exclusive partner of the Muzo Mine in Bogata, Colombia. In 1975 the Gad family was instrumental in legalizing the export of emeralds from Colombia to the United States. As a pioneer member of the Responsible Jewelry Council, in any case, the Maison of New York City is committed to ethically finding all the materials, all of which are traceable.

All emeralds are cut and polished at home, with the aim of enhancing their qualities.

However, jewels made with large emeralds are not the only ones. Joseph Gad also designs and manufactures great jewels with other precious stones. In addition, the company also buys vintage jewelry, especially those with exceptional emeralds. Margherita Donato

Joseph Gad, anello con smeraldo taglio smeraldo

Orecchini pendenti con smeraldi e diamanti

Orecchini pendenti con smeraldi taglio pera e diamanti marquise

Orecchini con smeraldi e diamanti fancy yellow

Orecchini con smeraldi e diamanti taglio marquise

Orecchini con rubino e diamanti — Orecchini con rubini e diamanti

The jewels of the gem hunter Judy Geib

Published on January 5, 2022

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Orecchini con smeraldi colombiani su oro 22 e 18 carati

The adventurous emeralds (and all the rest) of the gem hunter Judy Geib ♦ ︎

From Pennsylvania to New York to look for emeralds. All right, there are no green stone mines in Manhattan, but the jewels of Judy Geib are found, which has a special passion for emeralds. In fact, she uses them extensively for her collections. The stones have fascinated the designer since she was a child, when she collected minerals. But Judy Geib’s life changed dramatically when, at some point in her life, she followed her family to Brazil, while Judy was a teenager. If you add to this the studies of art and design, you understand why at some point decided to work herself with metal and precious stones. In 2002 she launched his first collection of pieces at the Barneys (a chain of luxury stores) in New York.

Collana con smeraldi colombiani, oro a 22 e 18 carati

Judy Geib’s jewels are at the same time precious and light-hearted. A bit flower power, a little Coachella, a little ethnic, with a thought at work by Suzanne Belperron. But with gold that, sometimes, is used in its purest, 24-carat state. Or oxidized silver with almost baroque processing. In addition to emeralds, his favorite stone, she travels the world in search of paraiba tourmalines, rubies, sapphires, aquamarines, kunzites, pink and green tourmalines. However, her favorite destination for emeralds is Colombia. Not without some misadventure, she says.

Collana in oro 22 e 18 carati, argento, con opale nero

Orecchini Swoosh Extravagant in oro e diamanti

Collar Peter Pan in oro 18 carati e rubini

Muzo, emeralds from the producer to the consumer

Published on May 12, 2021

Rings/Showroom

Anello con smeraldo di 13,20 carati e diamanti rosa Argyle

From producer to consumer. It is usually a formula that is used for fruits, vegetables and the like. This time, however, it is emeralds, the most precious, the Colombian ones of Muzo. With the month of May, which has emeralds as its birthstone, the Colombian mining company launched its jewelry collections based on the green precious stone. Muzo has been involving famous designers for years who make jewels with Colombian emeralds. But now he has decided to sell the ones he designed and made directly online.

Orecchini pendenti in oro 18 carati, con diamanti bianchi e smeraldi Muzo taglio rotondo e pera

These are classic jewels, presented with the first collection called Nova. Emerald rings and earrings are set in diamond crowns or set and flanked by white or yellow diamonds. Jewels that are presented with the help of the model Alana Tapigliani. There is also a piece of high jewelry: a 13.20-carat emerald ring surrounded by pink diamonds from the Australian Argyle mine.

Anello in oro bianco con pavé di diamanti e smeraldo

Anello in oro bianco 18 carati con diamanti e smeraldo

Anello in oro bianco 18 carati con diamanti e smeraldo Muzo

Orecchini con tre smeraldi Muzo e diamanti

Lots of emeralds for Coomi

Published on June 17, 2020

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Orecchini della Muzo collection in oro e smeraldi

The jewels between culture and pomp of Coomi, from India to the USA. Now with a new collection with Colombian emeralds by Muzo ♦

From the fané palaces of Mumbai to the busy avenues of New York or Los Angeles: Coomi Bhasin is an Indian designer who in 1977 left her native country (with much nostalgia) and founded her jewelry company in the USA. It is a strange mix of style and philosophy: textile designer, architect and landscape architect, she brought her experiences into the world of jewelry.

Anello in oro con smeraldo colombiano Muzo

It is no coincidence that she defines herself as a Renaissance woman, that is, capable of creating and reasoning on many different tracks of culture. Her jewelry brand has been active since 2002 and has not struggled to find a prominent place not only in the United States, but also abroad. Her degree in Art History led her to create collections that are inspired by antiquity, from the world of the Egyptians to Greek and Roman sculpture. But not only, as the Muzo collection shows, with Colombian emeralds extracted from the mining company. Friend and appreciated by many celebrities, Coomi has found a balance between History with a capital S and the stories (with a lowercase s) of actors and actresses. At the bottom of Mumbay the most thriving industry is that of Bollywood. Alessia Mongrando

Bracciale in oro con smeraldi colombiani Muzo

Orecchini semicircolari con smeraldi e diamanti