Gary’s Gem Garden

Fantastic selection. I have found a lot of rarer minerals there. Best prices around, best of all I can hold all the stones and minerals before I buy them. Staff is friendly and always willing to help. Love chatting with all of them. Definitely recommend!

Horrible customer service. Would never spend a penny in this store. Owner should be ashamed of himself.

Honestly, I was rather impressed. I came in on an errand to have a few watch batteries replaced. I was helped immediately, I was in and out within 15 – 20 minutes and the price wasn’t bad. In the time I waited, there was plenty to look around and see. After hearing horror stories here about customer service I was pleasantly surprised. The lady who helped me was polite and cheerful. I would definitely do business here again.

FYI– This is strictly a GEMS/​Crystal store– it’s not a metaphysical store. There is no sage, incense etc…
This spot is a good spot when you are looking for harder to find raw or Crystal pieces. There is a table of tumbled stones– but there is a small selection. But –this is good enough for the beginner collector. l (of tumbled stones) There have an area of various seashells and fossils. There is an area of gem jewelry as well. Worth a visit. If not– they have an etsy store that u can buy. That’s how I found the place

This is my favorite store. I literally want everything inside. Gary has great hair and I received impeccable service from him and his daughter over the holidays. I’ll be back for all of my crystal sphere, geode & skull pendant needs.

If you’re looking for friendly and chatty service, don’t bother coming here. However, this store is great for all your gem and mineral needs. They have wonderful specimens of minerals, fossils and pottery. They also have more decorative pieces like bowls, boxes and coasters. They have a large variety of gemstones and diamonds that they will custom make jewelry for you. The selection of geodes is nice. But these seem to be less the chisel and hammer opening geodes and more the wet saw needed type geodes. I’m no expert, so maybe I’m just not doing something correctly.
Anyways, overall a great little shop to browse and buy items in. They also do jewelry repair and mineral identification services.

The owner has an absolutely horrible demeanor and personality. It amazes me that someone who is downright rude could stay in business so long. I would never, ever buy something from this store again, in fact I would never step foot inside the store again. People who continue to buy from him will only enable him, and he will continue to be rude, obnoxious, and disrespectful to customers. This man needs to learn that in owning a business, being nice, or at the very least, not rude, is just smart business practice. Too bad such a lesson is too much for his thick skull to handle. The only way he might learn his lesson is to hit him in the pocket. NEVER WILL I SHOP THERE AGAIN.

Every time I venture into Gary’s, I have the same thought. How can a guy who is so bad with people have stayed in business this long? The answer is that in spite of Gary’s aloof, sarcastic, and unpleasant demeanor, his store is excellent — chock full of great stones, fossils, jewelry, etc. But as an enthusiast I walk out of Gary’s disappointed at not being able to engage the owner in simple conversation about his merchandise and about rock and fossil collecting generally. I should have learned that no such conversation is possible by now, but every time I try, Gary manages to put me off, either by making me feel stupid or by making me feel that I am wasting his time. It’s stunning that a business owner is so dismissive of a customer with lots of disposal income and a genuine interest in his fare.

Fantastic collection of rocks and gems. Needs brighter light so you can truly see the items you are buying. Maybe a little sprucing up to wouldn’t hurt.

Steer WAY clear of this mean and incompetent owner. Ruined my Mom’s earrings doing a simple repair, and was nasty and essentially told her too bad. Nice rocks, but bad people

Looking for gems? Rocks? Doing a school project? This is definitely the place to go. My son was doing a rock project and we went to Gary’s Gem Garden and there will thousands of rocks to choose from. They are very organized and each rock/​item is labeled so you know the specifics. We were helped by a high school guy and he was not only knowledgeable but very kind to my son and sparked up a conversation with him about his project.