A Crazy Gemologist's Ship Log

June 29, 2015

I was a bunch of small completely scattered pieces; in some of these there was passion, in others, enthusiasm and in others...I don't even know what there was, and that is how I began to collect precious gemstones in a compulsive, impulsive way. Not knowing what they were, knowing nothing about them, because who goes around picking up shells from the sand, and falling in love with them without rhyme nor reason.

One day, the wisest woman I know started to put those pieces together, and she said to me: “study”. At the same time that I was studying, my hardships colleague and my friend supported me in all my crazes-purchases: “do it” he would say to me, don't think about it, buy it. And everything started to fall into place. My Christmas, anniversary and birthday presents were all gemological devices, reference books, gemstones, and more gemstones.

Along the way I met my “map”, Elvira Vilanova, the woman who trained my eye and heart. Because of her I learnt to “love inclusions”, to see gemstones from the inside, to feel them.

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