About Jon

For nearly 30 years, fashion was my world.

I built Singer22 from the ground up, turning a passion for style into one of the most recognized luxury fashion retailers in the industry. What started as a vision became a career, a brand, and a journey that shaped a huge part of my life.

But sometimes the things that change your life aren’t part of the plan.

Along the way, I discovered minerals.

What began as curiosity quickly became an obsession. The hunt. The history. The geology. The rarity. The realization that every crystal represents millions of years of pressure, chemistry, heat, and chance creating something that can never be replicated.

That feeling changed everything.

Today, my passion has taken me down an entirely different path—traveling the world, hunting exceptional specimens, building collections, and sharing some of nature’s greatest masterpieces through 22sGEMS.

From Medina aquamarines and Ukrainian heliodors to Tanzanites, DC Pocket tourmalines, Illinois fluorites, and the finest crystals I can find, the pursuit never ends. Every specimen tells a story. Every acquisition is another chapter. Every collection is a reflection of the hunt.

Fashion taught me how to recognize beauty, rarity, and craftsmanship.

Minerals taught me that nature is the greatest artist of all.

The industry changed.

The passion evolved.

The hunt got bigger.

And somehow, after all these years, I found myself exactly where I was meant to be.

Millions of years of pressure, chemistry, heat, and chance creating something that can never be replicated.

That’s what drives me.

That’s why I hunt.

That’s why I collect.

And that’s why 22sGEMS exists.

The passion is real. The hunt is endless. The best pieces are still out there waiting to be discovered. 🌎💎✨

— Jon Singer
Founder, Singer22 & 22sGEMS