Tanzanite is identified in the Merelani hills — a stone with no history, and every possibility.
The founding cutters begin buying rough directly at the source, sorting by hand.
The atelier opens: cutting, setting and finishing under one roof.
The first Malkia high jewellery order is delivered.
The Maison opens its online boutique for the Netherlands.
Nothing in the atelier is cast in volume. Settings are raised, pierced and finished by hand; every stone is cut to its own crystal, not to a calibrated chart. A piece passes through at least four pairs of hands before it is signed.
One room, eight benches, north light. The cutting room and the setters share a wall so a stone never leaves the building between decisions — and clients are welcome, by appointment, to watch their commission made.
BOOK A VISITThe Maison buys only from certified small-scale mines, traces every stone from hill to atelier, and returns part of every sale to the mining communities of the Simanjiro district.
Stories from the hills, the bench and the boutique.
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