We are Tiffany and Stephen Wolters. Our love of natural history led us to weekends collecting abalone, sea glass, shells, agates & driftwood after storms. We spent years following the wild turkeys through the hills to collect their giant and pristine feathers. We collected stunning pinecones like “Sugar Pines”, bird nests, giant yellow jackets nests (empty of course), petrified wood, burls and curly wood. All the treasures in the wild. We were married in 2001.
In 2004, Stephen found and purchased "Unheated/Untreated Aquamarine”. Beautiful brilliance was in our hands. We spent the next 4 years collecting & learning about genuine gemstones. We learned about their origin, rarities beyond measure, even mines & gemstones being newly discovered as we were collecting. About 6 years after this, the entire world was transformed from genuine gemstones to lab created & there we were, watching a dying age of beauty disappear. For over 15 years it seemed that the love of genuine gemstones was lost. Jewelry stores had lost their desire to sell them.
Recently, genuine gemstones began reappearing. It was so refreshing to see them again. There is a desire for the purity of a natural earth grown gemstone with amazing phenomena. Pleochroic, color changing & brilliant.
Now, it is time they shine for you.