Jaipur, India, is the gemstone capital of the world and provides many suitable stores and workshops to purchase diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds.
Brazil is famous for its sapphires and emeralds. However, Francesca Romana Diana crafts her jewelry from indigenous semiprecious stones.
Chile is today the world's largest source of lapis lazuli, a striking semiprecious stone that is extracted from the Flores de los Andes mine at an altitude of 12,500 feet. Almost everywhere in Chile, you will find jewelry and crafts that incorporate this stone.