One of the world’s leading suppliers of responsibly-sourced coloured gemstones, Gemfields is not an unfamiliar name for jewellery connoisseurs. And with Indian brands such as Diacolor, Bina Goenka, Narayan Jewellers, Rosentiques Fine Jewellery, Gem Plaza, and Jet Gems collaborating with Gemfields to create stunning pieces of jewellery, there are few brides who don’t own a ruby or emerald mined by them. Jack Cunningham, sustainability, policy & risk director at Gemfields, speaks to us about the mining process, saying, “In Zambia, mining involves extracting emeralds from within the hard rock using experts with chisels, and later with a crushing, washing, and sorting plant. In Mozambique, the ruby-bearing gravel is scooped up and thoroughly washed first. Separating of stones is conducted in a sort-house, where emeralds and rubies are graded using Gemfields’…
