Bangkok is one of the most important colored Gemstone trading centers in the world, but it is also a market where inexperienced tourists can easily make costly mistakes. Many important colored Gemstones are cut there, traded there, certified there, and originate there in their finished form. However, buyers should never purchase a Gemstone simply because a shopkeeper, tour guide, taxi driver, or tuk-tuk driver claims that it is rare or offered at a special price.The safest approach is to work with an experienced independent gemologist who understands treatments, laboratory reports, international pricing, dealer reputations, and the difference between a genuine connoisseur Gemstone and an ordinary commercial stone.Gemstone Safari does not take clients into tourist Gemstone shops or retail showrooms. Clients receive private access to established connoisseur Gemstone dealers through relationships developed over decades.
