This place is legit!
I should've known that since they've been around for over 100 years, have black sapphires in the White House that they commissioned, and own one of the worlds five largest red diamonds - the Kazanjian diamond, but my experience really cemented it.
I went here to get a ring for my partner knowing she wanted a colored stone and that they are the colored stone people. Everything that was on display was out of my price range but they were able to locate some stones in the sub $20k range that were perfect, with some below $5k.
I wanted to buy from them because unlike diamonds colored stones are extremely subjective so it was important to go to a place with both expertise and selection -- the price premium, if any. I went in knowing next to nothing about colored stones and learned a ton along the way.
Ultimately we found an unbelievably unique stone, an unheated padparadscha sapphire. I then worked with their on site jewelry maker to design a ring that matched my partner's requests and a few weeks later I was able to pick up the ring which was delivered in one of the coolest jewelry boxes you've ever seen.
I plan to go back to Doug, Joseph, and the team at Kazanjian next time I need a stone and definitely recommend others do too. read more