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About Us
Originally established in Northern California in October 1994, Coffee Creek Mining & Gem Company is a retail/wholesale gemstone dealer based in San Antonio, Texas. My wife named the company after an abandoned gold mine in Alberta, Canada. Coffee Creek was given its name from the creek's brown water stemming from the gold mining operation.
Our philosophy is simple; To provide an outstanding source of unique and beautifully cut stones for a great price. We accomplish this is several ways.
Buy the best gem rough from around the world at the very best price. This is not always easy. To buy the best, it costs the most. We do not buy "bulk mixed rough". Its cheaper, but like a Clint Eastwood movie, you get the good, the bad and the downright ugly.
Develop a lasting relationship with top quality cutters. This is a trial-by-error process. Our cutters in Shenzhen, China are among the most gifted cutters I have ever met. They are continually developing new cuts for our discriminating clientele. We selected our cutters for their beauty and accuracy in cutting calibrated gemstones, as well as their inexpensive cutting prices.
With selected gem rough and low priced top quality faceting, we eliminated the middle men, allowing us to give our customers the very best prices on the most beautiful semi-precious gemstones.
We do not cut the usual cuts from our rough. Here is the key: it does not cost any more to cut a fancy cut than to cut a standard boring cut, except the concave cuts which costs more due to the fact that it is a labor-intensive process. We give explicit instruction to our cutters in what we expect from the rough we ship them.
Our customers vary from the gemstone collectors to jewelry designers to manufacturers. They all have several things in common. They are discriminating and they want the WOW factor in their designs. They want a price point they can live with and they want something unique that will keep their customers coming back.
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