Garnets provide lucrative opportunity

Gem cutter, Meg Berry finds investing in rocks tops stocks

Some people invest in stocks, some invest in rocks. Meg Berry of Rainbow chose the latter and is very bullish these days.

Berry, a world-renowned gem cutter and carver, and two of her associates, Jason Doubrava and Todd Wacks, own the lion’s share of some very unique and beautiful gems: color-change pink pyrope garnet from Tanzania. Under fluorescent-equivalent lighting, the larger gems have the color of fine purple amethyst, while under incandescent light the color is hot pink.

"All the rough over three grams belongs to three people –...