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Joshua Hyman
Gemologist

Joshua Hyman is a 4th generation jeweler from
Philadelphia, whose great grandfather, Rubin
Littman, came to the USA at 2 years old. Known
as a “curb merchant,” he bought scrap metal
door to door in South Philadelphia during the
depression. When his grandfather, Marshall
Littman, was 16 years old he got a job as an
apprentice bench jeweler, a friend of Rubin’s.
His grandparents owned and operated Marshall
Littman Mfg from 1951 to 1986, when they sold
it to Joshua’s parents. His entire family worked in
the jewelry business, parents, aunts and uncles,
brother and cousin.

Joshua followed his Uncle’s path and became
a Graduate Gemologist. He worked for various
jewelry companies from 1992 until late 2001. In
November of 2011, he went out under his own
name, J Hyman & Co. LLC.
Today he buys and sells jewelry, diamonds,
watches & color stones, but his true passion
is photomicrophy. Photomicrophy is the
photography of inclusions that are inside
gemstones. He considers himself an amateur but
says he learned how to take decent pics. There
are quite a few high level professionals that he
looks up to, including Lucas Fassari, Nathan
Renfro and Billy Hughes.
Joshua started sharing his pics on JHJ because
he thought others would appreciate the beauty
of inclusions as well as the gemology aspects.
Some inclusions indicate country of origin. Other
inclusions show us evidence of heat treatments.
Earlier this year, he created a book of his images.
He limited the book to a 100 copy run, and sold
out the entire run to JHJ members. We’re keeping
our fingers crossed for a second book, filled with
more creative and unique Joshua Hyman photos!

Connect with Joshua on JHJ to buy and sell
diamonds, watches and colored gemstones
or to find more information about his gorgeous
gemstone photos.

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