AGTA Spectrum Awards 2025
amaris
During the 2025 Spectrum Awards competition, the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) honored Adam Neeley with a Spectrum Award, Business/Day Wear, 2nd Place, for his earring design Amaris.
The Amaris earrings embody the harmony of innovation and beauty. Crafted in SpectraGold™, Adam’s signature gradient alloy that seamlessly transitions from warm yellow to cool white gold, these striking earrings feature a radiant ombré of vivid green tsavorite garnets (16.0 cttw) and brilliant white diamonds (3.64 cttw).
Adam began by hand-fabricating two identical yet mirrored disks of SpectraGold™, the foundation of a design that would ultimately require over 200 hours of meticulous hand-crafted labor. He shaped each disk into a soft, billowing form that domes gently near the earlobe, adorned with deep green tsavorite garnets that gradually fade into white diamonds as the curve sweeps gracefully behind the ear.
Each gemstone was chosen not only for its precise hue but also for its exact size, allowing for hand assuring every setting into a honeycomb pattern, creating a tightly woven mosaic of light and color. Shaped by over twenty-five years of experience in design, goldsmithing, and gemstone artistry, the earrings embody a quiet sophistication and balance that speaks to the refinement of a practiced hand.
To learn more about Adam’s jewelry design journey, visit his Bio Page: About Adam Neeley
“They were truly a labor of love. I wanted to paint an ombré using gemstones and metal as my palette. It took more than six months to gather the 416 tsavorite garnets in five subtle shades to achieve the perfect fade from green into white diamond. The result is a luminous movement, light flowing as if the piece itself were alive.” — Adam Neeley
About the Award
AGTA Spectrum Awards™ entries are judged on overall beauty and wearability, innovative design, effective use of materials, quality of gemstones, meticulous workmanship, broad-based consumer appeal and potential to generate positive publicity for natural colored gemstones.
Many of this year’s AGTA Spectrum Award–winning designs will be on view during the 2026 AGTA GemFair Tucson, taking place February 2–6, 2026. Jewelry collectors, gem enthusiasts, and industry professionals alike will gather to experience the finest examples of artistic innovation and gemstone excellence from across the country.
The AGTA Spectrum Gala, considered the highlight of Gem Week in Tucson, will be held on Thursday, February 5. This elegant evening celebrates creativity, craftsmanship, and the enduring allure of colored gemstones.
The 2025 panel of judges featured some of the industry’s most respected experts: Craig Underwood of Underwood’s Jewelers, Donald Janson of Walters & Hogsett Jewelers, Blaine Lewis of The New Approach School for Jewelers, Clay Zava of Zava Mastercuts, and renowned designer Erica Courtney of Erica Courtney, LLC.
Thank you!
It’s an incredible thrill to receive this prestigious award. Adam and his team express sincere gratitude to AGTA and to our collectors for their continued support and shared love of jewelry as art, and extend heartfelt congratulations to the other award-winners for their dedication to advancing jewelry design, meticulous craftsmanship, and the celebration of precision-cut natural gemstones.
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