WHY OUR CLIENTS CHOOSE GEMROCK
GEMROCK:
NOT FOR EVERYONE
Gemrock Clients:
Appreciate quality and service
Desire uniqueness and distinction
Value ethical practices and environmental sensitivity
Seek to make a positive impact and give back
Want change and want it now
GEMROCK:
NOT FOR EVERYONE
Gemrock Clients:
Appreciate quality and service
Desire uniqueness and distinction
Value ethical practices and environmental sensitivity
Seek to make a positive impact and give back
Want change and want it now
Most gemstone shapes produced in Peru come from so-called artisans. But there is nothing romantic about the abusive reality of this production:
Intermediate vendors are buying products for the lowest prices from poor people who work 12+ hours in their homes with primitive tools, putting them and their families at risk.
They are not hired into stable work relations.
They have no health insurance or security standards, no retirement schemes, no holidays, and they simply don’t earn any money if they fall sick.
When the buyers don’t need more products or if the artisan doesn’t accept the prices dictated by the buyers, they are out of work.
Our staff is hired with all the labor benefits required by law and more. We pay extra hours and provide our staff with all the safety gear required. We work with modern and safe machines. In other words: we provide the labor conditions that all of our clients would ask for themselves if they would have to do the job.
Artisan workers rarely use more than 1200-grit wheels. Our products are ground up to 3000 grit. If required by our clients we can polish our pieces up to 50,000 grit.
On the other hand, the quality of the polish does not only depend on the technology used but also on the effort invested. To get our signature polish we invest more time in the polishing process and perfecting our techniques. That is why our products have a glass-like polished surface, making it possible to distinguish our quality from the rest, even from meters away.
To produce a high-quality polish you need quality control before switching gears to the next higher grinding wheel. We check the surface of each product after each grinding and polishing step with a magnifying glass for remaining scratches or imperfections from the previous step. We only continue to the next step if not a single scratch is found.
Without this extra effort pieces usually drag scratches through the entire work process and end up with a shiny but scratched finish.
Artisan spheres and shapes are made by hand which does not allow for a smooth and symmetric finish. For example, it’s impossible to produce perfectly round spheres by hand. If you spin a sphere and it wobbles you’ll realize that this was produced under the working conditions mentioned above.
Our products are made with the support of specialized machinery, helping us achieve perfectly round spheres and beautifully shaped hearts.
In wholesale, gemstone items are commonly sold by the kilo. Commonly, if you buy by the kilo, suppliers tend to provide you with pieces as big as possible, because it’s much less work to produce a big heavy piece than a lot of small pieces. For you this results in receiving sizes that are unwanted. Also, pricing is difficult, as you never know beforehand how many pieces and of what size you will get.
At Gemrock we are selling by the unit and in standard sizes. You can order exactly what you want and will get exactly what you ordered.
Thanks to our client-oriented work and specialized techniques, we have managed to develop a system that allows us to make the most out of your material. If you decide to send us your rough material for custom cutting you will get more pieces out of your rock than with any other shop in Peru.
We focus on making shapes that work to make material use and processing efficient and with the least amount of waste possible.
Environmentally friendly mining and lapidary production.
Gemrock Peru is engaging in a permanent process of reducing its environmental footprint, by saving water and energy and protecting the environment.
Get in Touch
+51 994104206
gemrockinternational@gmail.com