The Gem Hunter Gemmological Appraisals and Storytelling Services Inc.

Name: The Gem Hunter Gemmological Appraisals and Storytelling Services Inc.
Address: Chicago, IL, US
Telephone: +17737931174

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10/22/2024

Hello to my Gem Hunter Stories family. If you haven't noticed I have not done a "New" episode of the Gem Hunter Stories show in a while. I apologize, and I miss doing them too. I have been consumed by the 2024 election. I have been using my Storytelling and Teaching skills to help the future of the United States of America. I have chosen to do Mail-In voting for the very first time, so I can spend all my time helping people understand the importance of 2024 Presidential Election. On November 5th I want to be on the Battlefield (i.e. the Polling Booths). Like I say every week...."Nothing has Value without a Story".

Well....As a U.S. Marine, who Loves and Appreciate this the Value of this country....

This is a Story that I Need to tell. I am an American Marine. 46 years ago, I swore to protect this country from ALL Enemies ...Foreign and Domestic. This is the Ultimate battle! ....I have got to be in this Fight! I truly hope if you love this country....you will make a similar decision. Like President Obama tells us....."Don't Boo.......Vote"!❤🙏🏿

Thank You for understanding.

09/18/2024

Hello GHS family. Twenty years ago, when I first started studying the Art-Science-History and Magic of Gemstones, Precious Metals and Fine Jewelry, I had no idea all the places that knowledge would take me. All the adventures and experiences, that I would be privy to. What began as merely an "interesting curiosity" has somehow evolved into an incredible journey, that still continues for me today.

My work, my Mission, as a Gemmological Storyteller, came from a profound understanding of how something so small, so rare, so beautiful, as a gemstone, can literally change the World.

Yesterday, the Mother of one of my wonderful students called me. From her first words, she let me know that this was an urgent phone call and she apologized, in advance, for making it at the last minute. She asked me to train and prepare her daughter, for what could very well be.... of the greatest moments in her young life. My student, has been asked to give a 7 to 8 minute presentation at the 19th World Summit of Nobel Laureates for Peace, in Monterrey, Mexico. My student is a 14 year old, high school Freshman and she has been invited to also be a member of a Panel discussion....My student is a young lady of East Indian heritage, and she has the incredible responsibility of speaking about and answering questions about one of the most important philosophies of Mahatma Gandhi, in front of the World.

I told the Mother of my student "Yes". Even though, I would only have a couple of hours to work with her....I would and could, prepare her daughter for this extraordinary adventure.

Tonight, I am filled with an unbelievable Joy in my heart and soul. I am so blessed and supremely grateful to Know that I could help my student. To know.... that everything I have learned and studied about Gemstones, Precious Metals and Fine Jewelry, for the past twenty years, has prepared me for this Moment.

I am so honored to be able to help my student to "Discover the Value of Her Story."❤🙏🏿

I sincerely Thank all the people in my life, that made this Moment possible.

You know who you are.🙂❤🙏🏿

08/07/2024

The other day I realized that there isn't a lot of differences between Jewelry Boxes and the Olympic Games. Each Box or City is beautiful and elegant....in its own way. Inside each box are filled with beautiful Gemstones...of all different types. They all have Different shapes and Different sizes. The Gems in those boxes are made from similar elements and yet because of where they grew up...they are Different. Their structures make them different. The Gemstones, just like the Athletes come from all over the World and each has their own unique Color.

The Olympics is that moment when you take that ring, those earrings or that lovely necklace out of the Jewelry Box.....and you get the chance to see how they interact with....

"The Light".

"The Olympics is the Greatest Jewelry Box in the World"

On next Episode of "Gem Hunter Stories"

07/25/2024

Bonjour GHF! Here is a simple Gemmological test that demonstrates just how stupid Racism is. To think that you can judge someone's Value, solely based on the Color of their skin.

Below are six "Red" Gemstones. Some these beautiful "Red" gemstones are Rubies. While some of other "Red" gemstones are magnificent Spinels.

Please answer the following questions based on your experience and knowledge.

Question #1 Pick out the "Red" gemstone(s) that you think and believe are Rubies.

Question #2 Pick out the "Red" gemstone(s) you think and believe are Spinels.

Question #3 Pick out the "Red" Gemstone(s) that you think is a Spinel, from Burma (Myanmar) and you know is worth $109,424.

Question #4 Pick out the "Red" Gemstone that you think is a Burmese Ruby, and you know is worth $99,999.

Please Note: These are real gemstones and real asking prices.

Easy....right? No problem! Absolutely Not.

But yet, somehow in the 21st Century, despite all the things People of Color...of every Color, Size, Shape and Gender.....has created, invented, designed, endured, fought for, overcome and accomplished in the history of the World.

There are still some of us, who truly believe, that they can confidently, without any question, determine the Value of another Human Being, without knowing anything else about them...

They know.....Just by looking at the Color of their Skin.

When you study and appreciate Gemmology, the #1 thing that you learn from the very beginning....is to Never do that.

Why?

It's simple.....You don't know the Value of a Gemstone....

Until you understand it's Story.

The Gem Hunter

07/03/2024

One of the principals of Zen Buddhism that I always thought was so beautiful, is the whole concept "Enjoy The Moment" As a Vietnamese Zen Monk once said

"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world Earth revolves---slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future."

I have had the unbelievable opportunity to live in France and play the game of Pétanque for three weeks.....

This is a Moment....a chapter in my Story of my life, that I will remember....Forever.❤🙏🏿

Thank You❤🙏🏿

"Gemmology and the Zen of Pétanque"

Today.....the NEXT episode of "Gem Hunter Stories".

04/16/2024

Here are five beautiful Gemstones...None of them are Diamonds.

They look like Diamonds. They are Cut like Diamonds, but they are Not Diamonds.

Each one of them has a Hardness, that is very close to that of a Diamond...but they are Not Diamonds.

They all have the Clarity of a Diamond...the Color and the Brilliance of a Diamond...but they are Not Diamonds.

Each of these Gemstones, in their truly natural form, are infinitely more rare than a Diamond...They come from the depths of the Universe......but alas, because they are Not Diamonds, they are Not Valued in the same way as Diamonds.

One of the greatest concepts that a person can learn from studying Gemstones, is supreme satisfaction of finally understanding who You are; of knowing Your Story.

Of knowing your Value....

Even when...... the people around you, family and friends... may Not.

" The Sublime Beauty of Knowing Who You Are."

On the NEXT episode of "Gem Hunter Stories"

The Adventures begins here: https://bit.ly/GEMHUNTERSTORIES

04/10/2024

Here is a group of five blue gemstones, in no particular order. Each has a different chemical composition, different traits and characteristics. They each were "Discovered" in different places, created in different ways. Each of them has completely different "Values" especially when compared to the others in the group. The only thing they have in common is that they are some saturation of the color "Blue."

How many of us would ever walk into a jewelry store, invest possibly thousands of dollars, purchase the gemstone, and walk out of the store happy. Despite the fact that the only thing that we know about that gemstone we just purchased is: it's beautiful, the right size and it's "Blue"?

I think it's safe to say depending on the price very few of us, would do something like that.

But yet, that is exactly what many of us do in our personal relationships. We pick people to spend the rest of our lives with...and the only thing we truly know about them is that She or He is beautiful or handsome and they are "Blue".

"A Gemmological Guide to Relationships"

You can learn so much from Gemstones.....🙏🏿❤

On the Next episode of Gem Hunter Stories.

https://bit.ly/GEMHUNTERSTORIES

04/08/2024

Thank you so much, Sun, Moon, Earth and Stars. I appreciate your timing. We needed a lift. A break from the noise. I didn't realize it at the time, but perhaps we did need the forces of the Universe to bring us together. Your Nation-wide "celestial performance"showed the people of the U.S., that Everything doesn't have to be a "Them vs Us story.

As a Scientist, the Solar Eclipse was incredible, but as an American, It was even more incredible to see, to hear and experience people, from all over the country. All coming together around one Magnificent....STORY!

For one truly brief Shining Moment, People was wearing sunglasses.....standing next to their family, friends, neighbors and strangers. Looking up in the sky.......just being cool!

Thank you Universe for today!❤🙏🏿

04/07/2024

Here are six beautiful round brilliant cut "Gemstones". Only two of them are Diamonds. Of the two, one is a very expensive and highly valued "Natural" Diamond. The other is a less expensive Synthetic or "Lab Grown" Diamond. The rest are different types of gem material. They have value, but not a Diamond. They don't have the "All" of the, qualities, characteristics and/or traits of a Diamond. They all just look like Diamonds.

So here is your "Test" for today: Pick which one is a "Natural" Diamond. Easy...Right?? All you have to do is look. The underlying and deeper question is

How many of us approach our personal Relationships just like that?

"Well....He or She Looked like a Diamond."...So I just thought they....Were..... A Diamond???

"The Gemmoloical Guide to Relationships"

On the NEXT episode of "Gem Hunter Stories"

The Adventure Starts here: https://bit.ly/GEMHUNTERSTORIES

03/27/2024

Bonsoir ma famille Gem Hunter.
All these of these beautiful Gemstones are made out of:

The exact same things.

Yes, they look different, they have different "Colors", they interact with the Light in different ways.....

But they are made out of the exact same things...

• They come from different places in the World. They were "Discovered" at different moments in time and in different ways.

But they are made out of the exact same things...

Each one of them "Grew up" in different harsh environments and had to endure different types of stresses...in order to become Gemstones.

Some were "Influenced" by different "elements"... and some by the same "element".....but looks different.......But ultimately, they are all made out of:

The Exact Same Things.

In Gemology, they considered to be a "Family". Their particular unique and rare characteristics, traits and inclusions, tells the World ,that no matter what name or label you may give them....They are "Beryls". Beryls, like all Gemstones "understand" that what you "See" is only part of the Story. "Color" or "Beauty" is simply a manifestation of what is happening....

On the "Inside". It doesn't tell you what they are.

"Labels don't mean anything to a Gemstone".

On the Next episode of Gem Hunter Stories.

The Adventure starts here: https://bit.ly/GEMHUNTERSTORIES

03/11/2024

I think that Gemstones are a beautiful and elegant way the Universe has of showing all of us, a deeper meaning of Value.

We, Human Beings, are all made out of the same stuff....

But just like Gemstones, what really counts, is what is going on "Inside". It is the "Elements" on the inside of us, is what determines how we interact with the Light.

"The Secret and Magical Sisterhood of the Beryl Family"

On NEXT episode of Gem Hunter Stories

The Adventure begins here:

https://bit.ly/GEMHUNTERSTORIES

03/06/2024

What makes Amethyst an absolutely incredible gemstone lies in the simple elegance of its message. A message that has existed for thousands of years.....

Amethyst shows all of us, how you can take something so basic, so ordinary. The very definition of "ubiquitous" And yet ...with a little Heat and some Pressure, and lots of time, you can become something Extraordinary. Amethyst shows us, how you could be made out of and have the value of Sand. And still you can manifest a completely different "Color".

Just imagine what you can do when you realize that same power....exists inside of You.

I am telling you it is an awesome feeling... For real !❤🙏🏿

Discover the Value of Your Story....

On the NEXT episode of Gem Hunter Stories...

https://bit.ly/GEMHUNTERSTORIES

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