Maui Gems or Beija-flor has been in the business of supplying our customers with the finest, and best values, in colored gemstones from all over the world for more than 20 years. Our start was in Brazil, where we get Alexandrite, Emerald, Aquamarine, Tourmaline, and where we happened to be when the beautiful and extremely rare Paraiba Tourmaline made it's first appearance on the market. We were completely blown away by this stone and became heavily involved in bringing this stone to the public

Beija-flor means "hummingbird" in the Portuguese language of Brazil and is also the name of the premier Samba Club in Rio with which we had ties. But Brazil is by no means the only locale that we search in our endevor to always have something special.

As this site grows, we will eventually be featuring all of these rare gems, but we will start with the only natural Persian turquoise being produced today from a mine in Alaverdi, Armenia, across the border from the region in Iran that produced the ancient and highly prized Persian mines that are now mined out.

We will have available for purchase on this site bulk rough, nuggets, and beads, as well as the unique and beautiful jewelry pieces designed by Patricia Van Wagoner and Lilith Tonapetian.

From time to time we will be adding new designs and materials so please, bookmark this site and check back on our progress. We're sure that you will find something to fall in love with.

Best regards,

Bob and Patty VanWagoner