The Gem & Lapidary Dealers Association (G.L.D.A.) is a firmly established, successful wholesale gem & jewelry show promotion company. Established in 1979, our Tucson show has enjoyed a booming success growth rate. Our current show includes approximately 350 exhibit booths. Our buyer attendance from the USA and around the world has increased from 5,000 attendances in 1980 to over 30,000 in the most recent years. We have a large number of foreign buyers and exhibitors who attend each year. Due to a huge increase in demand for a quality Gem & Jewelry delivery Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1999 G.L.D.A. launched it’s 1st annual Las Vegas Gem & Jewelry Show at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Nevada, USA.The G.L.D.A. shows roll out the red carpet to competitive foreign companies.

The G.L.D.A. Shows are unique in the Gem & Jewelry Industry with at least 50% of their exhibitors being direct source loose gemstone companies and the remaining exhibitors being the highest quality finished goods manufacturers, suppliers, mountings and equipment companies.Having a large percentage of foreign direct source exhibitors (currently at approx 50%) the G.L.D.A. Tucson and Las Vegas Shows have long been known as the show where buyers can find the goods they want at the most competitive prices in the world. Their exhibitors offer the most unique one of a kind gemstones found in the world. One buyer at the Tucson Show was over heard in the elevator saying, "Attending this show is like going on a world wide buying trip without the cost and trouble. I can get better prices here than I can if I go direct to the mines themselves in the respective countries!" "Here they have to compete for my business".

120 Derwood Circle
Rockville, MD  20850

Main Office: 301-294-1640

Fax: 301-294-0034

E-Mail: info@glda.com