Firoza · Nishapur turquoise
From the Rockto the Bench.
One parcel. One matrix. No two stones share it — this is the fingerprint we grade by.
01 — Place
The vein
The stone begins in one place: the Nishapur vein. Geology, altitude, host rock — the place shapes the stone.
Place-shapes-product: the vein is the first thing a buyer reads — drawn.
02 — Rough
The stone in the hand
The parcel as found — held, turned, photographed before anything is cut.
The matrix, traced — a drawing from the photograph, not a photograph.
03 — Fingerprint
Reading the matrix
The dark veining inside the stone. No two parcels share one, so the matrix is read — and photographed — before anything else.
04 — Cut
The bench
The cut follows the vein. Rough, sawn, cabochon, polished — four stages, drawn.
Cutting stages — drawn · No bench photograph on file
01
Rough
02
Sawn
03
Cabochon
04
Polished
05 — Parcel
The graded lot
Weighed, filed, and read by its matrix. Eight parcels on file — every one awaiting assay.
For jewellers · For cutters · For collectors
The file, in numbers
30
Years in the trade
8
Parcels on file
46
Photographs on file
5
Films on file
The partnership
Three partners, one vein
Three partners, thirty years in the trade, one vein in Nishapur. The stone comes from people we have worked with for decades — not from a catalogue.
3
Partners in the trade
30
About thirty years in the trade
20%
Of the profit, after costs
Every price is quoted per buyer; there is no published price list.
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