Gem Palace Jaipur

One of the highlights of our Jaipur trip was the visit to Gem Palace!  Precious and semi precious stones come from different parts of the world, but they are sent to Jaipur for cutting and polishing.  The best craftsmen are Muslims.  So if you are looking for beautiful jewelry, Jaipur is the place to go. 

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Vintage car collection of the owner by the garage

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 Inside the store

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After a few minutes of viewing, the owner arrived.  Actually he is the son of the owner.  Munuu, the father, had just passed away three months ago.  See his photo at the back. Siddharth took us to a private floor of the store and started showing us his collection!  Which of course is also for sale and shown only to special clients.   

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Siddharth also goes to New York every now and then to attend to his clients by private appointment only

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One of his clients Dianne Von Fustenberg.  She loves the pieces she buys from Gem Palace because she always receives many compliments.  That’s a Gem Palace necklace she is wearing.  She sends photos of herself wearing the jewelry to Siddharth 🙂

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Munuu is known worldwide.  He was a very good designer and jeweler.  Watch out for his book, it will be coming out by next year

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And now Siddharth took over, who by the way is still single.  I was ashamed to ask how old he was 🙂

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 Siddharth starts bringing out his collection- this is a piece for the MMA of NYC which will be exhibited soon

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Beautiful bangle with rubies- made by his father

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Oh my gosh!  Those diamonds look so big but the most valuable part of this necklace is the emeralds!

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Behind the diamonds

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He put those two pieces together and this is how it can look!  Mom tried it on! 🙂

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Another beautiful piece which he put on me 🙂

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More beautiful pieces

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with Mumtaz mahal’s picture inside

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For brides 🙂

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A beautiful HEART emerald!!

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James loves asking jewelers to show him pink diamonds claiming he will buy them for me 🙂  So Siddharth shows some pink colored stones

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He says that this is the stone that is getting to be popular now- Pink Spinel

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Which is why he is collecting loose pieces 🙂

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The table was full – it was as if we were looking at fashion jewelry!  

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Siddharth showed us this piece which he said he will use on his head when he gets married

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Afterwhich he will give it to his bride to wear as a belt!  What a lucky bride 🙂

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We went down because the brother of Munuu, who is partner in the business, wanted to meet us too.

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He showed us this bridal piece which is meant for the Saudi Arabian market.  This is worn by the bride

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With a matching head piece which Maricar wore 🙂  All this selling at around US$ 1 million

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James made sure he signed the book to say he visited the Gem Palace! haha!! He thinks he is Brad Pitt! 🙂  

This was really Brad Pitt, and I am wondering what he bought for Angelina 🙂

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Click below to go to their website

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 Siddharth has another store called Hot Pink.  We had no more time to go but they say it’s beautiful too!

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Click below to go to their website

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