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CONTACT NUMBER DURING TRAVELS: (917) 225-5522
August 27, 2008 We will be departing to Tennessee and North Carolina later today and are scheduled to return late in the evening on August 30th. Due to our travel plans all correspondence and orders will be put on temporary hold until our return!
August 26, 2008 FOLLOWING PAGES UPDATED Updated the site to accurately reflect current inventory and integrated all recent E-Newsletters except #5 into our website!
August 23, 2008 Sent around our fifth E-Newsletter for 2008. PLEASE NOTE: We will be departing to North Carolina on or around August 26th and will be gone until August 30th or so. As a result all correspondence and orders will be put on hold until our return. Once we return we will work on catching up before finalizing our departure for the Colorado Gem and Mineral Shows!
August 13, 2008 Sent around our second Select Rough E-Newsletter. We are working on finalizing travel plans to North Carolina for later this month before ultimately making it out to the Denver Gem and Mineral Shows! We will keep posting updates here as dates are ironed out.
August 12, 2008 Updated our website to accurately reflect inventory. We are still working on catching up on the back-log of emails.
August 11, 2008 Returned from the Springfield Gem and Mineral Show in Massachusetts and are already at work on our next emailing.
August 8, 2008 Departed for Springfield and are tentatively scheduled to return on Monday!
August 7, 2008 Returned early in the day from our trip to North Carolinas Gem Shows and will be departing in the AM for the Springfield shows. We tried to get through as many emails as we could that had piled up and did a phenomenal job; however, we still have a few outstanding emails since our trip to NC. We are expected to return on Monday from Springfield and will work on catching up thereafter.
July 23, 2008 We will be departing for NC later today via Atlanta, Georgia. We are tentatively expected to attend the Franklin Shows from the 24th until the 27th and move on to the Spruce Pines shows thereafter.
July 20, 2008 Sent around our fourth E-Newsletter for 2008. Please note we will be sending our second "select" rough E-Newsletter soon!
July 14, 2008 Sent around our third E-Newsletter for 2008 and are already hard at work on our fourth. Please note we will be sending our second "select" rough E-Newsletter soon! We are working on finalizing travel plans for the North Carolina shows later this month and will keep posting updates here as plans are finalized. Our NYS Sales Tax Information page was updated today.
July 9, 2008 Sent around our second E-Newsletter for 2008 and are already working on our third which is expected to be released within the next few days. Please note we will be trying a second "select" rough E-Newsletter soon due to the feedback and success of our first! We are working on finalizing travel plans for the North Carolina shows later this month.
June 20, 2008 We are back in New York hard at work on our next E-Newsletter!
June 18, 2008 Sent around our first Select Rough E-Newsletter. Please note that we will be out of town for the next few days and will respond to incoming orders after our return!
June 17, 2008 We will be releasing our next E-Newsletter shortly. Please note that we will be out of town for the next few days following the release of our next E-Newsletter. Due to said travels email responses will be put on hold for the next few days.
June 15, 2008 Sent around our first E-Newsletter for 2008 and are already working on our second which is expected to be released within the next few days. Please note we will be trying a "select" rough E-Newsletter to see its potential for the future.
June 10, 2008 Updated the site to accurately reflect current inventory and integrated all recent E-Newsletters into our website!
June 8, 2008 We are back in New York and working on catching up with outstanding orders and email.
May 26, 2008 We will be departing for the Las Vegas Shows tomorrow. Our recent acquisitions from Pakistan of Afghan, Pakistani & Tajik material has cleared customs and the following have arrived:
Afghanite (Bright Blue) - Sold Out Clinohumite (Mandarin) Cyprine (Blue Vesuvianite - Afghanistan) - Sold Out Diopside (Bright Olive Green - New Afghan Find) - Limited Stock Left Hackmanite (Mixed Colors) Hiddenite (New Find) New Find (Paraiba Blue Stone - Afghanistan) New Find (Silver to White Stone - Afghanistan) Peridot (Several Parcels) Sapphire Scapolite (Cat's Eye - Pale to Pastel Lilac) - Sold Out Scapolite (Lilac to Lavender) - Sold Out Scapolite (Purple Cat's Eye - China) Scapolite (Silver Tenebrescent) Spessartite (EXCEPTIONAL LOT) Sphene (Several Small Parcels Available) - Limited Stock Left Spinel (Bubblegum Pink) Tourmaline (Paraiba Blue to Multicolored)
Please note, due to the ongoing traveling email responses will continue to be delayed.
May 23, 2008 We returned from Pakistan late in the evening today and will be departing for the Las Vegas Shows on the 27th. Please note, due to the ongoing traveling email responses will continue to be delayed.
May 7, 2008 We will be departing for Pakistan later in the evening today and will be returning in roughly 2 weeks before departing for the Las Vegas shows at the end of the month. Please note, due to the ongoing traveling email responses will continue to be delayed.
May 3, 2008 Updated our Press & Publications Page and are currently finalizing a departure date for Pakistan. We will be departing imminently and returning at the end of the month before departing to Las Vegas for the shows. We have been working on catching up on outstanding emails and appreciate your patience in awaiting a response.
April 29, 2008 We returned from North Carolina in the late evening and will begin to go through backlogged emails and messages tomorrow. Please note we are in the process of finalizing a trip for Pakistan shortly.
April 20, 2008 We are departing for North Carolina later today and will be returning shortly. Please be patient waiting for a response to emails and/or messages. Our mobile contact number for the duration of our stay in North Carolina is: (917) 225-5522.
April 16, 2008 FREEDOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!! Taxes have been filed! We are working on a brief trip out to North Carolina in the near future as well as playing catch-up on outstanding emails. Please be patient waiting for a response to emails and/or messages.
April 3, 2008
TAX PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY - EVERYTHING HERE HAS COME TO A VIRTUAL STANDSTILL UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!
Our recent shipment from Pakistan of Afghan, Pakistani & Tajik material has cleared customs and the following have arrived:
Apatite - Sold Out Axinite - Sold Out Bastnaesite - Sold Out BastnaesiteCut - Sold Out Clinohumite - Sold Out Hiddenite "Hydrite" - Sold Out Kunzite - Sold Out Kunzite X-tals - Sold Out Lazulite - Sold Out Moonstone (Pink) NewFind - (Metallic Red X-tals) - Sold Out Peridot Peridot X-tals - Sold Out Sapphire - Sold Out Scheelite - Sold Out Sphene - Sold Out Tourmaline (Dravite) - Sold Out Tourmaline (Paraiba Blue to Multicolored) - Sold Out Triplite Vayrynenite/Eosphorite Mix Vesuvianite - Sold Out Xenotime - Sold Out
March 17, 2008
TAX PREPARATIONS BEGUN - EVERYTHING HERE HAS COME TO A VIRTUAL STANDSTILL UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!
We have a variety of parcels en route from Pakistan that will arrive in roughly 5-7 business days.
March 2, 2008 Sent around our first Stone E-zine for the year from New York and are hard at work on our coming E-Newsletter. Please note that part of our team headed to Pakistan earlier today and we are therefore short staffed for at least the next few weeks. We have begun the long task of catching up on email and all outstanding correspondence and ask for your patience as you await a response from us.
February 29, 2008 WE ARE BACK IN NEW YORK and have begun the long task of catching up on email and all outstanding correspondence. If you are in search of any particular rough please feel free to email us your requests.
February 25, 2008 After a very intense month of buying, selling and trading as much as we could we are glad to say that we will be departing to New York in the evening. We have a host of new material we will be listing on E-Newsletters slated for March as well as selling directly. At present we have parcels of the following for those interested: Afghanite - Sold Out Amethyst - Rose de France (Brazilian) - Sold Out Amethyst - Medium to Deep Purple (Nigerian - Sold Out & Zambian) Chrysoberyl - Electric Yellows (Brazilian) - Sold Out Clinohumite - Tangerine (Tajikistan) - Sold Out Coral - Black and Pastel Salmon (Hawaiian & Pacific) Fluorite - Fancy Colors (Ethiopian) - Sold Out Garnet (Too many to list) Opal - Mixed and White (Australian - Sold Out & Mexican - Sold Out) Peridot - Apple Green (Pakistani) - Limited Quantity Remaining Pollucite - Silver to White (Afghan) Prasiolite - Nice Medium Green (Brazil) - Sold Out Sphene - Golden to Honey (Pakistani) - Sold Out Spinel - Bubblgum Pink (Tajikistan) Sunstone - Schiller, Straw Yellow & Mint Green (American & Tanzanian) Topaz - White (Brazilian) - Sold Out Tourmaline - Many Colors (Afghani, Brazilian, Mozambique, Nigerian - Sold Out, Zambian) Plus a host of other material...
January 28, 2008 Arrived in New York in the afternoon and departed for Tucson in the evening. We will be in Tucson buying and selling rough for the duration of the show and are scheduled to return to New York on February 26th in the AM.
January 26, 2008 We will be departing Pakistan early in the morning tomorrow for New York and are scheduled to make a 1 day stop-over in Abu Dhabi. PLEASE NOTE: We were only able to purchase material for 7 or so days due to a curfew in effect in Peshawar for several days upon our arrival followed by a bombing a few blocks down from the Stone Market.
As a result of the limited buying we do anticipate on taking another trip to Pakistan relatively quickly for a longer duration in the near future. We will be landing in New York in the AM on January 28th and will be departing for Tucson the same day in the evening. Due to our very brief stay in New York prior to our departure for Tucson we will NOT have an opportunity to catch up on outstanding emails until our return towards the end of February.
January 14, 2008 We departed for Pakistan today with a planned 1 day detour in Abu Dhabi and are tentatively scheduled to return to New York on the 28th of this month. This will be one of our shortest buying trips in a very long time and we will have very limited time to correspond via email over the next few weeks at the very least. Please be patient waiting for a response to emails and/or messages.
December 29, 2007 We sent around our 12th E-Newsletter for 2007 from New York. We are presently still BACKLOGGED and ask for your patience in waiting for replies to emails. PLEASE NOTE: We are working on finalizing travel plans to Pakistan and will update you on dates once we get them!
December 2, 2007 We sent around our 11th E-Newsletter for 2007 from New York. As a result of the accelerated E-Newsletters we are EXTREMELY BACKLOGGED and ask for your patience in waiting for replies to emails. In addition, we are working on getting our E-Newsletter subscriber list up to date with current contact information and details. If your contact information has changed since you subscribed to our E-Newsletter please update us!
November 21, 2007 We sent around our 10th E-Newsletter for 2007 from New York. As a result of the accelerated E-Newsletters we are EXTREMELY BACKLOGGED and ask for your patience in waiting for replies to emails.
November 8, 2007 We sent around our 9th E-Newsletter for 2007 from New York. We are working on releasing several additional E-Newsletters weekly for the duration of this month or so if all goes well. As a result of the accelerated E-Newsletters we will be extremely busy and ask for your patience in waiting for replies to emails.
November 5, 2007 Farooq returned to New York from Tucson and is presently in the middle of finalizing our next E-Newsletter. Please note that due to limited time and traveling the next E-Newsletter will include repeat lots listed previously.
November 1, 2007 Finalized a buy-out of old stock rough as well as a host of cut stones in Tucson that we will work on listing and selling direct over the next few weeks.
October 29, 2007 We sent around our 8th E-Newsletter for 2007 from Tucson, Arizona. We are working on releasing several additional E-Newsletters weekly for the duration of this month or so if all goes well. As a result of the accelerated E-Newsletters we will be extremely busy and ask for your patience in waiting for replies to emails.
October 21, 2007 We sent around our 7th E-Newsletter for 2007 from Tucson, Arizona. We are working on releasing several additional E-Newsletters weekly for the duration of this month or so if all goes well. As a result of the accelerated E-Newsletters we will be extremely busy and ask for your patience in waiting for replies to emails.
October 20, 2007 We have been enjoying the Arizona sun working on new offerings and will be sending around an E-Newsletter shortly direct from here where we will be working from for the rest of the month or so.
October 9, 2007 We will be departing to Tucson, Arizona later today. We are presently expected to be in Tucson for the better portion of a month and will be working directly out of Andrei's place releasing E-newsletters over the next few weeks. In addition, we will be working with Andrei to hopefully get some rough out on Ebay amongst other things that are still works in progress.
September 28, 2007 We sent around our 6th E-Newsletter for 2007 from New York. We are working on releasing several additional E-Newsletters weekly for the duration of the next month or so if all goes well. As a result of the accelerated E-Newsletters we will be extremely busy and ask for your patience in waiting for replies to emails.
September 17, 2007 We returned from the Denver Gem and Mineral show and are hard at work on preparing our next E-Newsletter. We are preparing several E-Newsletters for release over the next few weeks and are currently processing rough from Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Tanzania. Please be patient as we catch up with all outstanding emails and orders!
September 5, 2007 Sent around an email updating subscribers to our E-Newsletter listing of current developments at Intimate Gems.
August 16, 2007 URGENT UPDATE: Farooq has had his hands full for several weeks due to various family issues centering around the future newest addition to the Hashmi Family who has an expected arrival date of August 18th!
PLEASE NOTE: We have limited normal business operations here at Intimate Gems since Farooq's return from Pakistan due to medical issues relating to the expected delivery of the new Hashmi member and will continue to do so over the next few weeks depending on circumstances. As a direct result we are presently severely backlogged with emails and are processing emails VERY sporadically. We SINCERELY apologize for the delays in correspondence and the slowdown here and ask for your patience and prayers over the next few days and/or weeks.
July 7, 2007 Please note that one of Farooq's shipments of recent acquisitions was stolen in Pakistan at a DHL center. The shipment contained most of our rare acquisitions for the trip and we will therefore not be able to offer many of the lots we had anticipated on until another trip to Pakistan.
July 4, 2007 HAPPY JULY 4TH TO ALL! Integrated all recent E-Newsletters into our website! We have already begun working on our next E-Newsletter and hope to release it within the next 1-2 weeks.
July 2, 2007 Please note that we are presently backlogged with emails and are processing emails sporadically due to inquiries relating to recent acquisitions. Since acquisitions from our recent trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan are still in transit we are holding off on responding to inquiries on any new material that is in transit until it arrives in New York. Please be patient with us over the next few weeks as we get an opportunity to process incoming shipments and respond to outstanding emails.
June 11, 2007 WE ARE BACK!! Farooq returned from his buying trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan late in the evening today. Please note that Farooq did NOT hand carry any rough available for sale back with him and all purchases on Farooq's most recent trip are scheduled to be shipped from Pakistan to New York July 1st. We will be taking the next few weeks a bit slow as a result giving Farooq an opportunity to get re-acclimated with New York life and catch up on all outstanding emails and fatherly duties.
June 6, 2007 Farooq returned to Pakistan after a day trip to Kabul to gauge the new "emerging" gemstone market in the Zamurud ("Emerald") Trade Center and several days in Kunar hunting down Tourmaline. We will post a write-up in the near future detailing Farooq's visit to the Khwar Tourmaline mines in Kunar. Farooq will spend the next few days wrapping everything up in Pakistan and will be departing to the US on the 10th of June.
June 1, 2007 Farooq Departed for Kabul, Afghanistan via road from Peshawar early in the AM. He will be making his way to Kabul via Torkham and should return to Pakistan by the 7th of June at the latest if all goes as planned.
May 28, 2007 Due to skyrocketing rough prices in Peshawar Farooq is preparing to take a 1 week detour into Afghanistan in search of better deals. Farooq is tentatively working on a trip to Kabul and several towns in Kunar in search of Clinohumite, Spinel, Tourmaline and anything new coming from the region before returning to the States. As a result of travel plans correspondence will be limited until Farooq is back safe and sound in New York. He is tentatively scheduled to return to the States on June 11th via Pakistan.
May 26, 2007
Sent out - Stoned Vol. 1 No. 4 - Pakistan Edition
May 21, 2007
Sent out - Stoned Vol. 1 No. 3 - Pakistan Edition
May 19, 2007
Sent out - Stoned Vol. 1 No. 2 - Pakistan Edition
May 18, 2007 Farooq arrived in Pakistan roughly 1 week ago and spent the last week reviewing rough and availability in Peshawar. Prices have skyrocketed since his last trip to Pakistan and even though rough is available in larger amounts (with the exception of Peridot and a few rarities) the competition is fierce for higher caliber goods.
Please note that we are now set-up to receive emails in Pakistan more regularly and will try to reply to any incoming emails in a more timely fashion. We are currently backlogged a bit on emails and will respond to all outstanding emails within the next few days and/or as time permits. We are presently working on making several offerings direct from here via our "Stoned" E-Newsletter over the next few days. All offerings will generally be in larger parcels due to time constraints. If you have any requests please feel free to email them to us and we will try to accommodate as many as we can.
May 9, 2007 Farooq departed for Pakistan late in the evening today and is scheduled to return to New York on June 11th. Please note that New York operations will be slowed down as a result until Farooq's has an opportunity to return.
May 7, 2007 We sent around our 5th E-Newsletter for 2007 from New York. This looks like it will most likely be the last until our return from our next overseas buying trip which is fast approaching. We have already acquired the appropriate visa(s) for our upcoming trip to South Asia and will finalize a departure date within the next few days. Our trip is presently limited to Pakistan; however, that may be expanded depending on availability of material upon arrival. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL SLOW DOWN OPERATIONS AFTER OUR DEPARTURE UNTIL OUR RETURN TO PRACTICALLY A CRAWL! PLEASE EXPECT EXCESSIVE DELAYS IN EMAIL RESPONSES AS THE NORM AFTER OUR DEPARTURE UNTIL OUR RETURN!
May 5, 2007 We updated our website to accurately reflect sold items and will send around our latest E-Newsletter shortly. Please note that our travel plans for Pakistan are drawing close and we are in the process of now finalize a departure date. We are still backlogged with emails from the last few weeks due to some domestic traveling and will be fully caught up within the next few days.
April 3, 2007 We sent around our 4th E-Newsletter for 2007 from New York. As a result of the accelerated E-Newsletters we are extremely busy and ask for your patience in waiting for replies to emails.
March 26, 2007 We sent around our 3rd E-Newsletter for 2007 from New York. As a result of the accelerated E-Newsletters we are extremely busy and ask for your patience in waiting for replies to emails.
March 18, 2007 We sent around our 2nd E-Newsletter for 2007 from New York. As a result of the accelerated E-Newsletters we are extremely busy and ask for your patience in waiting for replies to emails.
March 9, 2007 We sent around our 1st E-Newsletter for 2007 from New York. We are working on releasing several additional E-Newsletters weekly for the duration of the next month or so. As a result of the accelerated E-Newsletters we are extremely busy and ask for your patience in waiting for replies to emails.
February 21, 2007 Integrated all E-Newsletters for 2006 into our website! We have already begun working on our next E-Newsletter and hope to release it within the next 2-3 weeks.
February 20, 2007 Our site was updated to reflect current item availability. We moved all sold items over to our sold items page and will integrate all E-Newsletters for 2006 into our website within the next 24 hours.
February 15, 2007 Farooq returned to New York from Tucson late in the evening after brief stopovers in several States due to the storm that hit the East Coast. Please note we are extremely backlogged with emails and will spend the next several days addressing all outstanding correspondence and clearing up what has accumulated on the desk since Farooq's departure to Colombia.
January 29, 2007 We got into Tucson on the 24th and have been running around trying to keep up with trends and meet clients exhibiting at the shows. Please note that we will be here until the 14th of February. Our mobile contact number for the duration of our stay here in Tucson is: (718) 532-6121.
December 30, 2006 Farooq returned to Bogotá from his trip to the emerald mines Cosquez, La Pita & Muzo. He will respond to outstanding emails after the 1st of January.
December 29, 2006 Mike departed back for New York; however, Farooq will be in Colombia until roughly the 18th of January. Please note that plans for a detour to Brazil have been canceled due to the holidays and limited availability of material due to the holiday season.
December 26, 2006 We are preparing to take a trip out to the Boyaca Emerald mines and will not be able to respond to emails until our return and/or after the New Year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
December 20, 2006 We sent around our 11th E-Newsletter for 2006 from New York.
We have arrived in Bogotá and are hard at work hunting down the best deals available in the city. Our current travel plans are still in a state of flux; however, we will continue to post updates about finalized plans here whenever possible.
December 9, 2006 We have arrived in Medellin, Colombia and posted our direct phone number above should you need to contact us. Please note that internet access is a little sporadic due to traveling within the interior of the country and it may take us a few days to get back to your email. Today is our first day of internet access since our departure and we will respond to emails within the next 48 hours. Please be patient.
November 28, 2006 TRAVEL PLANS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED AND WE WILL BE DEPARTING TO COLUMBIA/BRAZIL ON DECEMBER 5TH! PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US WITH ANY REQUESTS YOU MAY HAVE!
November 26, 2006 We sent around our 10th E-Newsletter for 2006 from New York. Travel plans seem around the corner and may limit additional E-Newsletters for the time being.
November 19, 2006 We sent around our 9th E-Newsletter for 2006 from New York. We have already begun work on our next E-Newsletter which we will be releasing soon. Travel plans seem around the corner.
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