About Us

While visiting sapphire mining sites in Madagascar I witnessed the horrendous conditions under which the local people were mining. The beauty of the mined sapphires however was unparalleled.
The same stones ended up in the most luxury jewellery imaginable.

This event, out of many, triggered the idea for setting up the Jeweltree Foundation and the affiliated trading platform 'Open Source Minerals.'

Through the Foundation we are giving small scale mining initiatives, which number up to 20 million people!, a fair chance to enter the Free market and sell their goods directly to jewellery manufacturers at a fair price.

- Mike Angenent, Founder

The eight pointed star is a symbol used by the Sumerians and the Babylonians. It referred to the goddess known at “The Lightbringer”. Native Americans use it to refer to peace between the tribes. When enclosed within a circle it was the symbol for the sun god. Eight is an also important number in terms of realizing balance, and it reoccurs in the eight-paths in the way of Buddah and eight immortals in Chinese tradition and the eight days of Hannukkah, the festival of light. Its universal symbolism is one of balance, harmony, and cosmic order.