In April 2021, Michael Gad Emerald, a high-quality Colombian emerald dealer from New York, USA, further bet on the Chinese market. They entered a strategic partnership with the Eastern high-end jewellery brand, CHARLENE, authorizing them as their exclusive partner in mainland China. Together, they aim to bring world-class emeralds and artwork to Chinese consumers.
Michael Gad
As one of the top five gems in the world, Emerald is known as the king of precious-colored gemstones due to the complexity of its geological formation and rarity. Statistics show that only one out of every million green beryl minerals are an emerald, and high-quality natural emeralds have been increasingly sought after by international collectors in recent years. The most historical, recognized, and well-producing natural emerald mining area is in Colombia, South America. Since the Age of Discovery, Colombian emeralds have been exclusively supplied to European royalty, naturally boasting a "star halo" and "noble lineage". Due to its unique growing environment, the "three-phase inclusions" inside Colombian emeralds are a unique "birth certificate". Once confirmed to be of Colombian origin, its price is significantly higher than emeralds from other regions of the same grade, making it highly valuable for collection.
CHARLENE’s Colombian Emerald Gemstones
Established in the United States in 1989 and headquartered in New York, Michael Gad Emerald has become one of the world's strongest Colombian emerald miners. They own three main mining areas in Colombia and hold the largest known reserves of high-quality Colombian emeralds in the world. Over the years, the company has been a supplier of emeralds for many top luxury jewellery brands and a long-term supplier for auction houses such as Sotheby's and Christie's.
Michael Gad Emerald
CHARLENE, established in Beijing in 2013, is a high-end oriental jewellery brand. CHARLENE is the first jewellery brand to have been invited to design a themed jewellery collection for the Imperial Palace and to host an art exhibition at The Palace Museum and won the Milano Design Award in 2018. From 2019, Charlene moved from the private customization field to the public brand, insisting on using jewellery as a medium to spread the "Oriental Aesthetics in 1cm²", winning the favor of celebrities and fashion bloggers. In the Charlene brand series, works with emeralds as the main stone account for the most, reflecting the unremitting efforts to introduce Western popular green precious gemstones to Chinese women.
The Imperial Palace Fan Collection Earrings of CHARLENE chose Gad Emerald as the main stone.
Throughout their years of collaboration, Michael Gad greatly appreciates Charlene, the founder of CHARLENE, for her persistence and spirituality in oriental high jewellery, and was moved by her integrity and professionalism. More importantly, China has a huge jewellery consumption market, and the rapid recovery and impressive performance of China's economic consumption in the post-epidemic era have given foreign investors great confidence. In mid-April of this year, invited by the 36th Chengdu International Jewellery Exhibition, Michael Gad Emerald will make its first appearance in mainland China. At that time, nearly one billion worth of collection-grade emerald gemstones will land in Chengdu, which also marks the start of the 2021 China tour plan.
