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Loose (bare stone)

About Yamanashi Prefectural College of Jewelry and Fine Arts

Hello. My name is Iijima, and I will be working as a staff member of ADAM from April. My name is Iijima. Until last month, I was attending a jewelry college in Yamanashi. I am still getting used to things, but as a new member of society, I will do my best in my daily work [...].

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Jade custom ring for mother and daughter to commemorate their coming of age

We purchased a loose jade stone when she was a baby, and she brought in a loose jade stone for her daughter's coming-of-age celebration. The mother's ring is a covered ring with milling on the arms in a simple design that accentuates the stone. The daughter's ring was made with a stone [...].

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ADAM Loose Sales Website is now open!

Hello, this is Yoshihisa from ADAM. The summer heat has eased up and it is almost time for a change of clothes. We are pleased to announce the opening of the ADAM loose sales website. We have a selection of high quality and rare stones that our employees purchase from Japan and overseas. We will continue to add products [...].

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Oval rose cut diamond engagement ring

We are pleased to present a very nice full-custom engagement ring. The diamond you have chosen is an oval cut rose cut diamond. Unlike most brilliant cut diamonds, the brilliance of the oval cut diamonds is more subdued, but it has a calm and serene sparkle like the surface of the water, making it a popular choice.

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Meteorite and diamond pink gold earrings in one ear

A customer came to our store with a meteorite that he had received from a friend. It was a gray shiny meteorite of less than 1cm and looked like a rough diamond. We remade her existing single diamond earrings and made it into a single earring [...].

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Rainbow moonstone pendant

My name is Kubota, and I am an Adan staff member. For my birthday last year, I decided to make a birthstone pendant to commemorate the occasion. I was born in June, and my birthstone is either pearl or moonstone. It has a gentle atmosphere that is perfect for the rainy season of June in Japan, and [...]...

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Visited Loose Polishing Workshop @ Shimizu Kiseki

We visited a gemstone polishing workshop in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture. Kofu is said to have been an excavation site for quartz crystals, and thus gemstone polishing workshops have flourished in the past. Even today, the gem polishing workshops are still carefully polishing made-in-Japan loose gemstones, and ADAM has been [...]...

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A visit to a gemstone polishing workshop in Yamanashi (Part 2)

This is Kubota from Adan Staff. ♪ I would like to continue with the tour of the Yamanashi polishing workshop that I introduced to you before. In my previous blog entry, I showed you how the facets are cut after the loose stones are set on the tools. >The facets were cut by a skilled craftsman.

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I visited a gemstone polishing shop in Yamanashi (Part 1)

This is Kubota from Adan Staff... The other day, all of our staff members visited a gemstone polishing workshop in Yamanashi! We boarded a bus from Shinjuku and arrived in Kofu in just two hours! The first thing we did when we got there was to go to the gemstone polishing workshop, which is always a great help to us.

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[International Purchasing] I went to the Tucson Gem Show 2018 to stock up!

This is Kubota from Adan Staff. ♪ At the end of January, I visited the Tucson Gem Show, the world's largest gem show, held in Tucson, Arizona, USA! This was my second visit to the show after last year, and I spent almost all of my time, except for sleeping, at the Loose [...].

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-Loose - Loose Camellia Cut (Tourmaline, Morganite, Aquamarine) in stock now!

Hello, this is Nakai from the Adan staff. We would like to introduce some new loose gemstones for Adan's original Camellia Collection, which was very popular at the Singapore show. Normally we have rose quartz, smoky quartz, green amethyst, [...].

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-Loose Pearls - South Sea Pearl Individual Baroque and Emerald

Hello, my name is Nakai, and I am a member of the Adan staff. The other day, I visited the International Jewelry Trade Show (IJT), the largest of its kind in Japan. The venue was Tokyo Big Sight, so there was a lot of space... No matter how much time I had, it was never enough! Among them, I found some of the incoming loo [...].

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-Loose - Three tanzanites, green tourmaline, and rubellite tourmaline in camellia cut.

Hello, this is Nakai from the Adan staff. Today we would like to introduce a loose stone! The Camellia Series, which will debut this winter, will be limited to three colors: Tanzanite, Green Tourmaline, and Rubellite Tourmaline. The three colors are Tanzanite, Green Tourmaline, and Rubellite Tourmaline.

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-Introduction to Loose - Crescent Shaped Black Lutile Quartz 49.52ct

Hello, this is Nakai of the Adan staff. Today, we would like to introduce a loose piece. It is a beautiful "Black Lutile Quartz" with bold and sharp cutting. Crescent shape? A sword? A eucalyptus leaf? It is hard to describe the shape, but it is an easy to use si [...].

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-Introduction to Loose - Strawberry Quartz You'll Want to Eat

Hello, this is Nakai from the Adan staff. It's raining today, unfortunately... To blow away the dreary, dreary feeling, I would like to introduce a loose stone. The surface of the stone, which is boldly cut and smooth, is covered with water droplets.

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-Introduction to Loose - Aquamarine like an iceberg

Hello, this is Nakai from Adan Staff. I am going to introduce a collection of odd stones that the president has purchased from overseas little by little. First of all, here is today's item. An unusual cut that reminds me of "ice", perfect for the coming season [...].

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**New Spring Exhibition & Sale***Puchiadan's new designs are being conceived...

This is Kubota from adamstaff. ♪ We are steadily working on new products for the annual spring exhibition and sale "petit adam" (^^) Speaking of petit adam, the highlight is the collaboration series between adamstaff and craftsmen! This is last year's collab [...].

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Atelier production: Processing multi-colored sapphire charms made with handmade round tubes

This is Kubota, an Adan staff member. ♪ Today, I'd like to show you a scene from the creation of Adan's original jewelry.

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