Adventure Gems

I recently got a ring made with a rather large Black Opal stone set in the bezel. Now this is a pretty cool ring, but there must be thousands like it. Yes, Opal is a precious stone, and has taken 000's of years to naturally form blah blah blah. This is not enough for me to love it.

This one is special though. I bought it in Australia in 2003 from a wholesaler, and then totally forgot about it, until a few months later. I thought I lost it. But as it turns out, I left it in the inside pocket of the jacket I was wearing the day I bought it, which my brother took traveling in the far east in his gap-year, who then left it in storage at an undisclosed depot facility in London. A few months ago, while sorting out clothes for charity I stumbled upon this old ragged jacket, which vaguely resembled the one I gave my little bro. Torn and dirty I chucked it into the charity pile. For some reason though I went back into the pile and checked the pockets, and sure enough, in the small zip up pocket on the inside, sat my lovely 8 ct black opal gem in an old little zip-lock pouch. It must have been 3 years since I had seen it, and to think it traveled the world in that time.

Now it sits snugly on my pinkie.

Precious stones should be taken on little adventures to give them more character and disposition. Perhaps a service that promises to do anything you like with your favorite stone (for a price). Such as visit the depths off the ocean, fall off the Empire State, travel around the world etc. The possibilities are endless. You custom choose the adventures your gem goes on, giving it that more unique property.

A service could even be designed whereby you hire people to stage a diamond heist, steal (possibly your wives diamonds - without her knowing its staged) and make a whole fiasco. Finally resulting in fake authorities capturing the thieves and returning the gems to its rightful owner.

Each adventure would be certified, taped, whitnessed and documented, as well as given a unique code which would be entered into the worldwide database of Adventure Gems. People could then go online and bid for your gems. This type of service would create a whole new type of gem, making the once valuable gems, even more valuable and sought after. Who wants an average 3 ct black diamond mined in thailand, when you can have one thats been into space and back?