We begin at the mine, not the showroom. Emeralds from Kagem, rubies from Mogok, sapphires from Ratnapura — chosen stone by stone, then set by hand into jewellery meant to be inherited.
Explore CollectionPasidi began as a gemstone business, not a jewellery one. Three generations ago our family travelled to mining towns with a loupe, a north-facing window and enough patience to reject a hundred stones for one. That order still holds. We find the stone first, then design the gold around it. Nothing is dyed, filled or colour-treated, and every piece leaves the atelier with a written record of where its stones came from.
Read our story
Scroll through the passage a gemstone makes before it becomes jewellery.
01 Origin
01We buy rough at the source — Kagem, Mogok, Ratnapura, Minas Gerais — so we know which hillside a stone came out of.
02Under a north window, a carat of a chamber becomes yours. Cut it first, clarity second, size last.
03One cutter, one stone, weeks at a wheel. We cut for how light leaves the gem, not for the carat weight the rough could have kept.
04Gold is drawn and shaped around the finished stone — never the other way round. Every claw is raised and closed by hand.
05Six stages of abrasive, each finer than the last, until the metal holds an edge of light against the stone rather than competing with it.
06Each piece leaves with a written record: mine, cut, weight and the name of the hands it passed through.
Twenty-two artisans work in our Hyderabad atelier — drawers of gold wire, setters, polishers and one man whose only job is the final finish. A bridal suite takes eleven weeks. We have never found a way to shorten it that we were willing to accept.
Untreated or heat-only stones, bought as rough at origin. No dye, glass filling or diffusion — ever.
Drawn, carved and closed by hand in our own atelier. No outsourced casting, no machine setting.
IGI or GIA gemstone reports on fine stones, BIS hallmarking and HUID engraving on all gold.
Bring us a stone you already own, or let us find one for you. We sketch by hand, agree the weight and finish with you, and build it in our own workshop — usually in six to eleven weeks.
Set aside a fixed amount each month for eleven months. We add the twelfth as a bonus instalment, and you spend it against any gemstone or gold piece at the price of that day.
Gemstone origins - 6 min ago
A field from the Kagem valley, where green is measured in millimeters and patience.
Craftmanship - 8 min ago
Four artisans, eleven weeks, one bridal suite. What actually happens between design and delivery
Jewelry care - 4 min ago
Why emeralds dislike ultrasonic cleaners, and the three-minute ritual that keeps colour true.
New stones, private viewings and collection previews — a few times a year, never more.
