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To support and celebrate Pure Earth’s 25th Anniversary, we created this piece for their auction. It encompasses the Brilliant Earth Foundation’s most impactful grants – to Pure Earth/Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and Pact's Moyo Gems – all in a single beautiful piece that represents full artisanal small-scale traceability to the gold mine and the gemstone miner. Since 2016, we've teamed up with Pure Earth to help small-scale gold miners in Madre de Dios, Peru. Through our grants, mines transition to operate without mercury and areas affected by mercury use are reforested. Through our most recent grant, we sponsored the first 4 mines in the Amazon to achieve their Fairmined certification. And we are excited to purchase their gold! This ring was crafted with Fairmined certified gold from the Agromining Cooperative in Iquira, Colombia. This team of approximately 100 miners seasonally alternates between small-scale gold mining and coffee growing. For every gram of gold purchased through the Fairmined Initiative program, a fair trade premium is paid back to the miners. Iquira is going on 6 consecutive years of Fairmined certification and is currently the source for our Fairmined Gold for Good collection. The 8.1 mm unheated Yellow Round Tourmaline was mined in Kenya by a miner named Elicason through the Moyo Gems program. Our Foundation sponsored the expansion of Moyo Gems with our grant partner Pact -- allowing the program to develop from Tanzania into neighboring Keyna. Elicason directly benefited from this expansion. "Before Moyo Gems, you had to hustle to find international buyers. Now, with a structured market, I not only have access to international clients but also get better prices for my gemstones," said Elicason. As a vendor partner, Moyo Gems, handpicked and directly purchased the rough Yellow Tourmaline from Elicason and polished the unique 8.1 mm round you see now. It's fitting that Moyo means heart in Swahili because this piece certainly holds a special place in ours, as do these grants and our grant partners Pure Earth, Pact-Moyo Gems, and Alliance for Responsible Mining. In support of Pure Earth’s important mission, we hope you will bid on the piece here: https://lnkd.in/gw-NYejf