It started off when I (Steve Fink) found out from a geologist friend about a gold mining operation in Brazil where they were blowing up large hunks of high-grade rose quartz to get to the gold. We paid the mining company to cease work in that area for a month. During this time we used a helicopter to bring in a large rock drop saw and started cutting slabs. We ended up with less than a metric ton of nice slabs out of a whole hillside of rose quartz. It fractures very easily, so there was 97% waste. Then we went to one of Brazil’s top polishers to have them polished. Great care was taken in order to leave the saw marks on the rocks for added authenticity. Next came the importing into the U.S. Six months later they were safely in our possession.