ABOUT
About LeppGems
Representing decades of tradition and driven by an open-minded spirit, LeppGems is a company with registered trademark aims to be a hub of creativity and innovation. The dynamic LeppGems Team was founded to promote creativity, to support talent and to foster the lively exchange of knowledge and ideas throughout the gem and jewellery community.
The LeppGems has been in the gem and jewellery business for more than 25 years and has always worked along strict professional principles. Ever since its establishment over two decades ago, LeppGems has been pursuing the highest possible quality standards and refrained from making any compromises regarding analytical infrastructure as well as internal regulations and processes.
Eng. Pamela Moore, an early pioneer in the analytics of gemstones, dedicated her life to search and share knowledge on gemstones, and thus creating transparency in the gemstone industry. Up to this day, her quest for knowledge, working attitude, and ethical standard serve as a role model for the LeppGems brand. To warrant and perpetuate her outstanding quality standards, the LeppGems family has imposed the LeppGems with its very own label - the LeppGems Seal. It stands as a quality hallmark outlining a set of guidelines that must be followed in order for it to be included on a gemmological document.
The LeppGems team consists of highly qualified and experienced specialists from all around the continent; between them they speak different languages - not forgetting "Gemmology", one of the languages they all have in common! Each team member is trained specifically in his or her field of work, such as gemmology, the operation of analytical instruments - even gemstone photography. Every gemologist has a degree in Earth Science (Geology, Mineralogy, Crystallography, Geography and so forth) complemented by a degree in Gemmology.
Founder
Pamela Moore was born in to a family of miners, she grew up being exposed to Precious Gems Stones at an early age, being the only child of a Miner father.
She studied studied Mining and Geology engineering at the the prestigious Tallin University of Technology (TUT), and worked several years in the engineering field, before deciding to join the gem and jewellery Industries. Colleagues describes Pamela Moore as a Queen of gems, and tells how she was captivated by the legendary merchant’s innate affinity with gemstones and the revered position she occupied in the industry.
Pamela worked with Gemological Institute of America(GIA) - USA, during which time the Institutes handled some of the world’s most famous and historic stones, as well as rare and record-breaking coloured diamonds. In the early 1990's, Pamela Moore joined force with Susan Lepp to establish their own company LeppGems. In 2005, Susan Lepp Retired and sold her shares of the company to Pamela Moore and she has kept the company running while still keeping the LeppGems trademark.
Today, working alone with an incredible team, Pamela Moore continues to source extraordinary diamonds and coloured stones, which she sets into jewels of classical splendour. She is known for her expertise, passions and knowledge of Kashmir sapphires and natural pearls.
Pamela Moore has been active in various industry organisations, including the International Colored Gemstones Association, (ICA) and the Swiss Gemmological Laboratory, (SSEF); American Gemological Laboratories(AGL) - USA, American Gem Society(AGS) - USA, Canadian Gemmological Association (CGA) to mention a few.
Holding several positions of authority, She has worked and continues to work tirelessly to ensure and enhance the ethics and integrity of the industry she loves.