They want to support a product that does good AND feels good to buy and wear. The significant meaning of wedding jewelry can only get deeper with the addition of eco friendly practices" comments T Lee. The Kimberly process, created to eliminate the flow of “conflict or blood diamonds”, requires participating countries to tightly control the import and export of rough diamonds and to establish control systems over their private sectors that trade in rough diamonds. T Lee believes her shop is doing one step better than selling only ethically mined diamonds-when sourcing diamonds for clients, her first choice is buying ‘post consumer’ diamonds from her vendors. “These are stones that have been in the market stream, who’s mining damage to the earth and potentially to peoples rights, is done. These recycled diamonds are recut if necessary, re-certified by a gem lab and ready for a new life in a piece of our custom jewelry. There is no need to move dirt and break civil rights for freshly mined diamonds. I can even get post consumer melee (small diamonds) now! I pushed this idea hard to one of my young diamond dealers 10 years ago and now he has more post consumer diamonds in his inventory than anyone else I know of, he found out what we already knew-our clients care”. Whether from privately owned mines or from village co-ops, we have a network of sources the world over than offer the most beautiful and humanely produced gemstones on the planet. All pieces are hand-fabricated by our expert craftspeople and are constructed using reclaimed and re-refined gold, platinum and palladium.