Our founder WHY grew up in Vancouver, beautiful British Columbia. She was raised surrounded by the view of mountains and ocean. At a young age, she remembered being draw to the bowls and bowls of tumblers in souvenir stores which has led to her interests in stones, minerals and crystals. Fast forward to her moving to Hong Kong to start her career back in the late 2000, she was motivated and carried a great sense of self accomplishment while advancing in the corporate world. After 10+ years of indulging herself into work, she began to feel burnt out and was losing interest in things what were once interesting to her. WHY was losing sparks and realized that there could be so much more to life other than work. She began looking into her inner self and what would make her happy. Once again, she turned to the world of healing crystals and minerals. 

If we are being honest, WHY was initially attracted to crystals due to their beautiful appearance. As she continues to work with crystals, she realizes there are subtle positive changes to her life. She can sleep a little better while dreams have become more lucid leading to a boost in her creativity. Most importantly, she regains interests in her past hobbies. While she sees these positive changes in her life, she consults an idea with her loved ones and is encouraged to bring her vision to reality. WHY wishes to create a stress-free environment for people to shop for the crystals that she handpicks, hoping to pass on the positive changes that she has been experiencing.

So… here we are - the birth of WHY Gemmes. We are different from some of the other crystal retail stores you see. We usually do not hold a lot of crystals in stock as WHY Gemmes does not procure crystals in lots, we procure in pieces. If you have interests in any particular type of crystals that we are not carrying at this moment, please reach out to see how we can help!

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