Crafters/jewelers: Fair trade/ethically sourced/eco-friendly semi-precious stones?

[Flaxbee]

I'd like to buy semi-precious stones for some work - wholesale - but have no resources as to where to buy fair trade stones.

I see some info on beads, but not a lot on stones, semi precious or precious.

Also interested in sourcing recycled gold and silver for jewelry findings....

I just attended a gem show - some beautiful items, but very few booth operators had a clue about where / how their materials were sourced. Sigh.

Thanks for any input and suggestions.

[Flaxbee]

1. nobody?

kicking for the heck of it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. Flaxbee,

check Ebay ... my jeweler friend gets a lot of her stuff off Ebay. stones, silver. clasps. beads.

[Flaxbee]

3. does she know the source - ethically mined, etc.?

I can find beautiful stones -- it's just not easy to find stones that haven't been extracted under horrible human/environmental conditions...

I'll check eBay ... hadn't thought of them. Thanks, TA

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. Yes, --

you can contact the sellers and ask all those questions.

[Daniel Austin]

5. jewelry with colored gems are available

Jewelry with colored gem stones will be the best fit to your requirements. These jewelries are also made in a Eco friendly way using the recycled materials and reused products but you have to be sure whether you are buying the product from Eco friendly jewelry supplier.

Finding a Eco friendly jewelry supplier is not easy. Most often these kinds of supplies are made in wholesale. You can catch these wholesalers only through a proper connection.

I found a Eco friendly jewelry wholesaler, his site http://www.cangles.com/servlet/the-Girls-Jewelry/Categories gives information about different Eco friendly jewelries available in the market.

[gopiscrap]

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