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Valley Gems News Letter 6/02/2012 - 2012-02-06 Courier Service Valley Gems has managed to contract a courier service for all the major centers and surrounds in South Africa. This will greatly alleviate the problems we often encounter with the South African Postal Services as well as reduce cost and improve delivery times. Below is the routes covered as well as the costs. Gaut... more Valley Gems News Letter. 3/2/2012 - 2012-02-03 Valley Gems News Letter January has been and gone and the count down to 21st December 2012 continues 321 days to go. I sincerely hope everyone is having loads of fun and enjoying what the year has brought for you so far. Its very interesting seeing what people around the world think of 2012. It ranges from hysteria to indifference. E... more Valley Gems News Letter. 26/01/2012 - 2012-01-26 Valley Gems News The summer break this year seemed to last for a eternity. Especially for those of us who have kids in school. January is always seems like a month of emotional up,s and downs. New Year and holiday,s then getting back into work. Followed by some of us of getting the kids back to school , homework and the re-introduction of t... more Valley Gems News Letter. 6.01.2011 - 2012-01-06 WISHING YOU A FANTASTIC 2012 Many of us will be wondering what lies ahead and what has been achieved in the year that has passed. 2011 has been a year of great change and for some great struggle. We have seen the the economic collapse in Europe and the Arab Spring in the Middle East. 2011 also saw the birth of the "Occupy" moveme... more Valley Gems Trading Hours December and January - 2011-12-15 Trading Day's For The Holidays Valley Gems will be open during December with the exception of the 25th and 26th of December and the 1st and 2nd of January The rest of the time we will be open for normal trading hours for your convenience. If you have some spare time pop in and visit. Karoo Cafe, Square and Lifestyle Center will... more Valley Gems Holiday Sale Specials - 2011-12-12 VALLEY GEMS HOLIDAY SALE: RED AND GREEN DOT In the spirit of giving we are having a Red 50% and Green 25% sale on selected items in store. So if you want to spoil yourself or someone special in your life then pay us a visit. BLACK TOURMALINE For those who have been ... more Valley Gems Online Shop - 2011-11-24 Valley Gems Online Shop Launching Soon. Valley Gems will soon be launching a integrated online shop. The purpose of this online shop will be for the convenience of our customers. More and more of our customers from across the country and the globe prefer to be able to buy online and have their products delivered to their door step.We ... more Valley Gems Discount Voucher - 2011-11-14 Valley Gems Discount Voucher The holidays are almost upon us and traditionally it is a time for rest and giving.At Valley Gems we have decided to give something back to all of you who continue to support us through the year. We are offering a 25% Discount Voucher on selected items in store &n... more Moldavite - 2011-11-11 Moldavite Moldavite is not only a lot more difficult to source but prices continue to climb as supply runs dry.Due to it,s extraterrestrial origin it is very much a finite stone. They estimate that their is a total of 275 tons that was ever available. We received just 5 pieces today so have very limited stock and finding it mor... more Valley Gems News Letter. 9/112011 - 2011-11-09 11/11/11 (a.k.a. 11-11-11); Friday, November 11, 2011: Singularity Summary Most predictions and opinions concerning 11/11/11 are based on or rooted in its mathematical uniqueness as a number. 11*11*11: There are three possible scenarios: 1. Something good happens— There is absolutely no scientific basis for this belief. There are no known ... more Valley Gems 26/10/2011 - 2011-10-26 Diwali Valley Gems would like to wish all our friends who will be celebrating Diwali a wonderful day Himalayan Salt Products HEALTH BENEFITS OF HIMALAYAN SALT Salt is essential for life -- you cannot live without it. However, most people simply don't realize that there are enormous differences between th... more Valley Gems News Letter. 21/10/2011 - 2011-10-16 News. The last 2 weeks have been incredibly busy at Valley Gems as well as Karoo Cafe and The Lifestyle Center. There has been a total revamp at the Karoo Lifestyle Center with some great new shops and products. The floor plan has been changed and it is looking fantastic. The Karoo Lifestyle Center was recently ( 15/10/2011) featured on Kyk... more Valley Gems News Letter 21/09/2011 - 2011-09-21 WHAT'S NEW AT VALLEY GEMS Summer and the warm weather brings a new energy and I for one certainly feel more alive after a long cold winter. Like everything winter has its place and I would like to share this quote with you. If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity... more Mailing List Valley Gems - 2011-09-13 Mailing List We have had a few issues regarding our mailing list and have had to reload the CSV file. This was not a technical glitch but pure human error. Mine at that. So if you have unsubscribed from the mailing list you may find that I have inadvertently added you again. If so please accept my apologize in advance. It is not my intenti... more Valley Gems News Letter 8/09/2011 - 2011-09-08 Valley Gems News. I am sure that everyone of you is as happy as I am that the weather has warmed up. It time to dust of the braai and soak up some sun. Its World Cup time so lets get behind our team and hope the boys make us proud.Its great being a South African at times like this. New Fossils We have some really great new fossils in... more Valley Gems News Letter - 2011-08-31 We appologize for the blank mail had a tech problem Eid-Ul- Fitr We would like to wish all our all our Muslim friends and customers a blessed Eid-Ul-Fitr. Spring Spring is here and one can feel it in the air. To celebrate Spring we have decided to give 20% discount on all stock in the store. We are also having... more Valley Gems 21/08/2011 - 2011-08-21 Himalayan Salt Products We have just received some great new Himalayan Salt products in. With everyone feeling the pinch we have also been hard at work trying to get better prices as far as our products are concerned. On product that we have been able to find a new supplier at very reasonable prices is the Himalayan Salt lamps and Tea-Lig... more Valley Gems News Letter 2/8/2011 - 2011-08-02 The past few months has seen the Karoo Square and Lifestyle Center really turning into a great destination to spend a day with some great new additions. Their is so much to do that before you decide to pay a visit make sure you dedicate some time. I just want to share with you all the things that can be done and places visited in our country settin... more News Flash Valley Gems - 2011-07-29 Incorrect Web Address Just a quick notice Bob Cloete pointed out that I had given everyone the wrong web address for The Green Index. Thanks Bob Its www.thegreenindex.co.za Sorry ... more Valley Gems News Letter. 28/6/2011 - 2011-07-28 Whats New Valley Gems would like to welcome back Melinda Rolfe who will be helping out at the shop. Its great to have her back and I am sure all of you who know her will be glad to see her back. We have also added a great new feature to our website: Live Chat. If you open our site you will see a Live Chat button on the top right hand... more Valley Gems Thegreenindex - 2011-07-20 The Green Lifestyle Index We are really proud to launch the website www.thegreenindex.co.za. At Valley Gems we on a daily basis get requests from our customers to refer them to various practitioners of Complementary Medicine as well as a wide range of services including Drumming, Beauty Salons, Counselors, Health Shops, T... more Valley Gems News Letter. 13/7/2011 - 2011-07-13 Ethiopian Opal Pendants We have had some of the Ethiopian Opal made up into pendants for the shop. They are really stunning pieces and something quite different to the normal opal one see's around. We also have some really beautiful Iolite ,Citrine and Tourmilated Quartz pendants that have been made up for stock. This opa... more Valley Gems News Letter. 8/7/2011 - 2011-07-08 WEBSITE We have spent a large part of the last week working on the Valley Gems website with the view to making it more user friendly.I would really appreciate any comments, ideas and constructive criticism. We have also separated the Online Shop and Services section making it far easier to access both. The Services section is a... more Valley Gems News Letter. 30/6/2011 - 2011-06-30 2011 HAS REACHED THE HALFWAY MARK DISCOUNT VOUCHER It seems like January was just last week and its hard to believe that we are well on the way to the end of 2011. With the winter well set in our part of the World we at Valley Gems have decided to make a offer to really warm you up. We are launching a limited discount Voucher that yo... more Valley Gems News Letter. 28/6/2011 - 2011-06-27 Gemstone Properties Identification and Use By Arthur Thomas DescriptionGemstones - Properties, identification and use is a comprehensive guide to the fascinating world of precious and semi-precious crystals. As well as the naturally occurring minerals, such as diamonds, emeralds and rubies, which have long beenprized as gemsto... more Valley Gems News Letter. 21/06/2011 - 2011-06-21 Gem Identification and Certification We at Valley Gems have over the past few months been inundated with clients who have purchased Gemstones on various auction sites that are clearly incorrectly identified and over valued.This is deeply concerning as people are clearly being misled into believing that they are purchasing highly valuable sto... more Valley Gems Fathers Day - 2011-06-17 FATHERS DAY Father's Day is a celebration of fathers inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving, special dinners to fathers, and family-orie... more Valley Gems News Letter. 15/6/2011 - 2011-06-15 Lunar Eclipse Tonight South African,s will be treated to a total eclipse of the moon. During the eclipse, which will start at 9.22pm and end at 11.03pm the moon will turn a magnificent red. A lunar eclipse is an eclipse of the moon and occurs when the moon passes through the shadow of the Earth. This can only occur at full moon when the Ear... more Valley Gems News Letter. 10/6/2011 - 2011-06-10 ONLINE SHOP Valley Gems has up graded our online payment facilities to include the secure online credit and debit card facilities PayPal and Payfast: PAYPAL PayPal is designed from the ground up to be one of the safest ways to send money online. Unlike other financial institutions, our payments are sent without sh... more GOLD IS A UNIVERSAL CURRENCY - 2011-06-02 GOLD IS A UNIVERSAL CURRENCY Gold has been sought after for its status as a means of exchange and universal currency par excellence for centuries. Holding gold provides distinct benefits in the form of speculative gains, investment gains, hedging against macroeconomic and geopolitical risk and wealth preservation – it is a form of... more Valley Gems News Letter. 2/6/2011 - 2011-06-02 WINTER Winter has definitely arrived with a vengeance and for me not one of my favorite times of the year. Taking my twins to school this morning the temperature was 2 degrees C way below my tolerance levels. The amazing thing though is from the 21st of June we will slowly be heading toward summer and the end of the year. 2011 s... more INVITATION ZOETLIEF LEIF - 2011-05-31 YOU CAN ALSO RSVP TO CHRIS OR BIANCA ON 0828122234 OR chris@valleygems.co.za Zoetlieflein Lein is part of employment solutions ... more Valley Gems News Letter. - 2011-05-30 SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIMENS We have just received some great South African specimens in stock from Nchwaing mine in Kuruman Northern Cape as well as Riemvasmaak , Calvinia and Orange River. Stunning Orange river quartz with hematite inclusions These Fluorite Specimens are truly beautiful and great collectors pieces ... more Valley Gems News Letter. - 2011-05-26 BRANDBERG SPECIMENS We have just received some stunning specimens from Brandberg in Namibia. These magnificent and world famous specimens are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Whilst we where only able to obtain a few they are truly high quality pieces. SILVER JEWELERY Also in this week are some real... more Canned Culture Launch Invitation - 2011-05-25 ... more LAUNCH OF CANNED CULTURE @KAROO - 2011-05-24 INVITATION The Management of the Karoo Lifestyle Center 141 lynnwood Road The Willows Pretoria would like to extend a invitation to you to join us at the launch of Canned Culture at the Lifestyle Center. Time: 18H30 for 19h00 Date: 27/05/2011 Soup and Bread will be served Entertainment Drumming The Lifestyle Center wil... more New Look Website - 2011-05-22 New Look Website The Valley Gems website has been given a face lift. Take a look at the new design which is fun, modern, and user friendly. The Online Shop is far easier to use and the links and Information sections have been updated. Valley Gems also has a link to all our products on that have been listed on bid or buy. You can click... more Valley Gems News Letter 16/05/2011 - 2011-05-16 Magic Wands We have received some stunning Magic Wands in this week. Made from Sterling Silver , Rose Quartz, Amethyst, and Quartz. Each of the wands is set with the 7 Chakra stones . They are truly stunning. INCENSE Our Incense will be arriving tomorrow and includes a really nice variety including White Sage, Love... more Valley Gems News Letter SILVER AS A INVESTMENT - 2011-04-30 SILVER AS A INVESTMENT Silver has over the last 6 months increased in value by almost 100%. In September 2010 the silver price was $25.00 per ounce and as of April 2011 it has reached new highs of $48.00 per ounce. Analysts are predicting that Silver will top $130.00 during 2011 Why silver is in a bull market and what is the highest pric... more "Giving" Conversations With Friends - 2010-11-01 GIVING I Received a mail recently on the question of giving or to be more exact on giving to people who stand on street corners , the wretched , poor and the have not,s of our society and there are many. All of us face this dilemma on a daily basis who to give to and who not to give to. Often the course of our generosity is dictated... more Conversations with friends - 2010-10-07 DEATH I have decided to deal with this very sensitive topic as our family recently experienced the loss of a Father, Grandfather, Child, Husband , Brother and friend to many. What I realized is how different such loss is for all of those who are left behind and what it means to each one as a individual. How differen... more CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS - 2010-09-14 COURAGE If fear is the Ying then courage is the Yang. But what defines courage surely it has to be the overcoming of fear. To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to e... more Valley Gems Newsletter 6/09/2010 - 2010-09-06 FEAR I spent the day as I usually do on a Sunday on various adventures with my 6 year old twin boys Brian and Michael. The day and a sequence of events brought me to a realization that fear is probably a factor that plays such a important role in our lives and yet we are often unconscious of the effect it is having on what we do, how we see ... more |