The house
A trading house in Dubai for emerald, ruby and tourmaline — small by design, careful in what it buys, and exact in how it describes it.
Who we are
Ariana Precious Stones trades emerald, ruby and tourmaline from Dubai, a city that has become one of the crossroads of the coloured-stone trade — a few hours from most of the places stones are cut, and from most of the places they are sold.
We buy through the established international trade, hold what we sell in our own stock, and have rough cut in Guangzhou and Chanthaburi to our own instructions. Everything that matters about a stone — what it is, what was done to it, where it is believed to come from — is written down before it is offered to anyone.
None of that is new to the trade. What is less common is doing it transparently: stating what a stone is and what was done to it, saying plainly how sure we are of its origin, and standing behind all of it in writing.
Structure
Small by design. Buying, grading, invoicing and delivery are run from one office in Dubai; cutting is done in two centres chosen for what they do best.
Ariana Precious Stones is registered in Dubai, and the house is run from there. Stock is held and graded in Dubai, contracts and invoices are issued by the Dubai company whatever route the goods take, and our clients' compliance teams get the documentation they need without a special request.
We buy through dealers, cutters and trading houses we have worked with over years. Every stone is examined by us before it is bought, and anything we cannot describe with confidence is turned down — which happens more often than you might expect.
Emerald, ruby and tourmaline across the range — indicolite, lagoon, rubellite, verdelite and bicolour. Rough and cut in equal measure. Wholesale lots by weight and exceptional single stones.
Two cutting centres: Guangzhou in China for calibrated and volume goods, and Chanthaburi in Thailand for corundum. The finest single stones are cut by hand. Each stone is routed to whichever suits it.
Wholesalers, manufacturers, auction houses, institutions and established dealers — and private buyers operating at that level. Large organisations and large deals; what matters is the size of the transaction, not the letterhead.
One price, quoted per carat, per stone and per lot, in the currency you settle in, with delivery and insurance itemised. No commission is taken further down the chain, because there is no further down the chain.
Principles
Origin is stated in writing on the invoice, as far as it can be supported: with an independent laboratory opinion where one exists, and marked plainly as unconfirmed where it does not. We do not charge for a provenance we cannot support. A statement you can test is worth something; one you cannot is worth nothing.
No heat, no oil, no resin, no diffusion, on anything. Emerald is conventionally enhanced across the trade, which is exactly why we do not: an untreated stone is worth more, tests clean at any laboratory, and does not lose a buyer’s trust three years later.
Independent laboratories, buyer's choice, before payment where that matters to you. A house that resists verification is telling you something.
Including the inclusions, the zoning, and the stone's weaknesses under certain light. You will find out eventually; better it comes from us, before you buy.
Working with us
You will deal with a person, not a portal. Enquiries are answered by someone who has handled the stone.
Expect a straight answer about availability, including when the answer is no. Expect to be told if a stone you are asking about is better bought at a different size, or from a different origin, or in a few months when the market has more of it. Expect the price to be the price.
We are a small house by design. It means we cannot serve everyone, and it means the clients we do serve get our actual attention.
Enquiries
The register goes out by email with photography, video, measurements and documentation — usually the same working day you ask for it.
