Our Story
Your Trusted Jewelry Experts for over 36 years.
Family owned and operated since 1989, our store always provides beautiful jewelry that exceed the expectations of our customers.
I'm Jim Salyer of Gem Source on Southland Drive in Lexington. We founded this company with a focus on fine quality engagement rings and anniversary gifts of all varieties, and with a focus on quality and education. Our store is located at 368 Southland Drive in Lexington.
Your Trusted Jewelry Experts for over 36 years.
Family owned and operated since 1989, our store always provides beautiful jewelry that exceed the expectations of our customers.
I'm Jim Salyer of Gem Source on Southland Drive in Lexington. We founded this company with a focus on fine quality engagement rings and anniversary gifts of all varieties, and with a focus on quality and education. Our store is located at 368 Southland Drive in Lexington.
I truly enjoy doing what I love and working alongside my wife, Gerry, and our two sons, Ian and Lucas. Our store specializes in GIA certified diamonds, as well sapphire, emerald, ruby, pearls—all varieties of gemstones. We also offer on-site appraisal service, as well as repairs. We are also happy to work with older jewelry and redesigning estate jewelry, as well as refurbishing estate jewelry. We accept consignments of ancient jewelry sometimes, and sometimes just used jewelry.
Over the years, we have been a part of many beautiful stories, from engagements and marriages to every special moment celebrating our customers. And today, we continue to share our craftsmanship to create the memorable gift. We look forward to seeing how we can help you as your trusted experts in jewelry.

I'm Jim Salyer of Gem Source on Southland Drive in Lexington. We founded this company with a focus on fine quality engagement rings and anniversary gifts of all varieties, and with a focus on quality and education. Our store is located at 368 Southland Drive in Lexington.
I truly enjoy doing what I love and working alongside my wife, Gerry, and our two sons, Ian and Lucas. Our store specializes in GIA certified diamonds, as well sapphire, emerald, ruby, pearls, all varieties of gems. We also offer on-site appraisal service, as well as repairs. We are also happy to work with older jewelry and redesigning estate jewelry, as well as refurbishing estate jewelry. We accept consignments of ancient jewelry sometimes, and sometimes just used jewelry.
Over the years, we have been a part of many beautiful stories, from engagements and marriages to every special moment celebrating our customers. And today, we continue to share our craftsmanship to create the memorable gift. We look forward to seeing how we can help you as your trusted experts in jewelry.
I have both purchased new items and had others repaired at Gem Source. They always have everything ready when promised and completed correctly. The owners are very friendly, helpful, and courteous.
I truly appreciated his genuinely kind nature and his patience in helping me understand every step of the process. I had lots of questions, and he had immense knowledge that you won't see in big retail stores.
And to top it all off, he helped create the ring of dreams for my wife.
We will continue to do business with Jim as long as he keeps the doors open.
Love the knowledge of jewelry and diamonds. Locally owned so jewelry always stays on hand!
To give you a little bit of a background about myself, I am a Mechanical Engineer who dove deep into every precise detail about rings, how they are made, details about diamonds, what makes the perfect diamond, and so much more. I would almost say that I drove so deep into my understanding of diamonds that I was a very difficult customer to please.
During my search on my large list of criteria for a set of rings, I went to some of the top Jewelry stores in the state of Kentucky (Based on Google Reviews). I went to Shane Co, Genesis Diamonds, Davis Jewelers, etc..
Shane Co had some nice rings but it felt like I was at a car dealer ship being pushed to buy a car; and their prices were expensive. Davis Jeweler had some nice rings but they didn't have the type of ring I was searching for and was expensive. Genesis Diamond had nothing I was looking for and the Owner of the store was one of the worst human-beings I have ever met.
When I came to Gem Source Inc, it didn't have as many reviews as the others however, it was HIGHLY underrated. Gem Source Inc. had magnificent customer service. Jim Salyer and his family was such a bliss to work with even with me being such a hard customer to please!
Gem Source Inc offer something that every Jeweler that I went to couldn't. Gem Source Inc was able to make the EXACT ring that I wanted and match the EXACT diamond that I wanted at such a low price! The ring was all custom designed by Gem Source Inc. and the price that I paid was less than a non-custom ring that looked semi-similar to what you might want.
So why choose Gem Source Inc. out of all the other companies out there? Because at Gem Source Inc. you will get incredible customer service, they will teach you anything you want to know about choosing a ring/diamond, they are people you can trust with something that is so dear to you, they can design/make anything your heart desires, and they have some unbeatable prices.
I hope this review helps with your ring search :).
Gem is not like a chain store with a large inventory of look alike pieces.
Jim Salyer and his wife Gerry are owners of this long established business. On one of my visits I discovered a tray of gem stones. I was drawn to an opal that reminded me of a special ring I had that was stolen. Jim told me he could recreate that ring for me. He found two beautiful opals from Australia. Jim took my sketch and created several designs for me to consider. He emailed videos to me and patiently made changes. The ring I received took my breath away. I am so happy with the result. I highly recommend Gem to anyone wanting quality jewelry. There are many beautiful pieces to choose from, but if you have a vision of something you would like made personally for you, go see Jim Salyer.