INTRODUCTION
Berr & partners Geneva - Paris

BERR GEMS
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Berr & Partners SA was founded 1986 in Geneva, Switzerland by two gemmologists ...
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Our love and passion also led us to create unique masterpieces, crafted by the best goldsmiths and featuring the finest gemstones to emphasize the timeless beauty of these wonders of nature - gems...
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RUBIES
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Ruby is one of four precious gems. The world three other precious gems are sapphires, emeralds and diamonds.
All sapphires and their sister gem ruby are both made of the same material...
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When we refer to investment gems, we mainly refer to unheated gems. A potential buyer should always insist on a gemmological certificate issued by a well-known gemmological laboratory when considering the purchase of a ruby of substantial value...
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Historically, Burma ( Myanmar ) has been home to the worlds finest rubies, they originate from the Mogok Stone Tract an area of some four hundred square miles in the Katha district ..
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Top-quality rubies from the Mogok areas are as red as you can imagine, a saturated pure red without any overtones of brown, blue or orange...
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Twice a year we are invited by the local government to the exclusive auctions of precious stones which take place in Yangon (Rangoon)...
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HIGHEST AUCTION PRICES FOR A RUBY ...
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After Burma, Siam (now Thailand) is the second most well known source of fine rubies...
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Until the discovery of the Mong Shu mine in Burma, Siam rubies were accounting for the major part of all rubies supplied to the international jewellery industry...
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Sapphires can be found in a variety of locations around the globe, the most important being Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Madagascar, Thailand, Australia and USA...

SAPPHIRES
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Sapphire is one of four precious gems. The world three other precious gems are rubies, emeralds and diamonds...
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When we refer to investment gems, we always refer to these unheated gems. In any case, when considering a sapphire of substantial value the potential buyer should always insist on a gemmological certificate, issued by a well-known gemmological laboratory...
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Besides rubies Burma has also been home to some of the finest sapphires...
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Depending on their quality, the cost of Burmese sapphires is generally pitched between Sri Lanka and Kashmir stones...
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Kashmir in the northwestern part of the Himalayas is home to the most prestigious blue sapphires...
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The beauty of these sapphires is in their extremely rich colour, commonly called "cornflower blue"...
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Sapphires can be found in a variety of locations around the globe, the most important being Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Madagascar, Thailand, Australia and USA...
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DIAMONDS
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Diamonds are unique, precious and durable and symbolise long lasting love between two people...
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Moving down the alphabet towards Z each letter denotes the presence of an increasing amount of yellow or brown...
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The last "C" to mention is carat.
A carat equals 2 gram and is a unit of measure or weight. There are 100 points to a carat, for example 25 points (0.25) is 1/4 carat or 50 points (0.50) is 1/2 carat and so on...

OUR GEMS
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INVESTMENT
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Gemstones, in particular the four "precious" stones diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds are the oldest known way to store, concentrate, transfer and increase wealth or in other words to invest, while at the same time one can also enjoy wearing them...
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Besides these specific criterias to gemstones some other points are of equal importance...

OUR SERVICES
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Due to the fact that we are long-established wholesalers and gemmologists we have the advantages to offer following services...

ADVANTAGES OF GEMSTONES OWNERSHIP
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Stocks, bonds, funds etc. have a publicly known marketprice, which can develop up or down, but those titles can be bought and sold daily (in general)...

JEWELRY
Jewelry introduction
Since we are based in Geneva, a city known for its many and excellent jewellery shops, it was only a question of time that clients ask us to set our gemstones, transforming them into pieces of jewellery of a timeless beauty...
Jewelry Rings
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Jewelry others
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OUR CREATIONS
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In order to adapt our jewellery to new styles and trends, Mrs. Elke Fechner Berr has created, together with a young and talented jewellery designer, her own jewellery line...
Berr gems creations rings
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Berr gems creations bracelets
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Berr gems creations pendants
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Berr gems creations earrings
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FEEDBACK
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NEWS
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Novembre 2002
Our new jewelry lines "Luna" and "Art-Deco" were presented in the palace of Comte Piccolomini Adamo Clemente in Corcovado/Italy. The cocktail party was a success and the Italian nobles and friends supported our idea that mixing colors with different semi-precious stones can be very unique and fashionable....
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