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Gemstone knowledge for buyers
Practical guides for retailers, wholesalers, and importers — written from the floor of a Kerala cutting and polishing house.
Buying guides
How retailers evaluate colour, clarity, origin, and treatment before committing to a lot.
Short rotating videos
Clips that show colour, brilliance, inclusions, and size so buyers can assess stones from photographs and video.
New-arrival posts
Each arrival lists carat weight, dimensions, origin, treatment status, and availability.
- Content format
New-arrival posts: carat, dimensions, origin, treatment, availability
The standard fields we use in new-arrival gemstone posts — carat weight, dimensions, origin, treatment status, and availability — so buyers can scan inventory quickly.
- Content format
Short rotating videos: showing colour, brilliance, inclusions, and size
How Malik Exports uses short rotating gemstone videos — colour, brilliance, inclusions, and size — so remote buyers can evaluate lots with more confidence.
- Checklist
Questions to ask before buying a bulk gemstone lot
A wholesale checklist of questions covering grade mix, treatment, weight, returns, shipping, and payment before you buy a bulk gemstone lot.
- Behind the scenes
Behind the scenes: cutting and polishing gemstones in Kerala
Inside Malik Diamonds in Trivandrum District — how rough is selected, cut, and polished so wholesale buyers receive jewellery-ready gemstone lots.
- Buying guide
What makes a gemstone lot suitable for a jewellery retailer
Size consistency, colour match, treatment clarity, and sell-through potential — the traits that make a wholesale gemstone lot work for retail jewellery.
- Inspection
How to inspect a gemstone using a loupe
A step-by-step loupe inspection routine for buyers — focus, lighting, inclusions, and what to record before approving a gemstone lot.
- Comparison
Ceylon sapphire colour comparison
How buyers compare Ceylon sapphire colour — from light cornflower blues to deeper royal tones — and what to check when selecting wholesale lots.
- Checklist
What to request before importing gemstones from India
A buyer’s checklist of documents, lot details, shipping, and payment points to confirm before importing gemstones from an Indian exporter.
- Comparison
Natural ruby vs treated ruby: what wholesale buyers should ask
Wholesale buyers should clarify treatment, heating, and disclosure before comparing natural ruby prices — here are the questions that protect margin and trust.
- Buying guide
How retailers evaluate a blue sapphire before buying
A practical checklist for jewellery retailers assessing blue sapphire colour, clarity, cut, origin, and treatment before placing a wholesale order.