At Phillips House, we’ve long believed in the beauty of the natural world. It has the ability to astonish, to inspire, and to connect us. In the world of fine jewelry, it’s easy to forget the deeper story: the billion year journey from raw earth to polished gemstone.

Too often, that journey is tainted by prioritizing profit over people, and processes that leave miners, especially women, without credit, visibility, or opportunity.

This year, we set out to tell a different story. A story not just of beauty, but of origin. Of names. Of impact.

One of our newest pieces features rhodolite garnet sourced through the Moyo Gems project, a pioneering initiative that empowers women miners in East Africa with training, safety, and access to markets on their own terms. The gems in these pieces were mined by Salma, a Tanzanian woman who now owns her work and her future. Her hands unearthed a stone that traveled across continents to become part of a creation that carries both beauty and purpose.

We paired Salma’s rhodolite with Royston turquoise, ethically mined by a third-generation family operation in Nevada. Together, these gems tell a story of collaboration across cultures and continents, a story that honors the land, the labor, and the lives behind every piece.

This is not our story. It is theirs. And it is our privilege to help tell it, through jewelry designed not only to be worn, but to be remembered.