The Highlands Gem Shop is located in the wonderful town of Highlands, NC in the beautiful Smoky Mountains.  

We are a store where our customers have an established and unrivaled trust with us due to our longevity and our uncompromising standard of ethics. 

Now celebrating over 58 years in business, we are a traditional family run jewelry store that works hard for our customers and listen to what they want. 

We offer an extensive selection of 18kt and 14kt jewelry with diamonds, colored stones & pearls.

If you have something more specific in mind, we can help you with your design and offer you large variety of loose gemstones to choose from.

We carry several lines of unique, sleek and eco-friendly sterling silver pieces. 

We also have our very own resident jewelry designer, Suzanne Sloan, whose vibrant line, That Sloan Woman, is sure to pique your interest.

And since our beginnings were more in the natural state of gemstones, we also have a significant collection of mineral specimens, geodes, stone carvings and crystal formations for the “rock hounds”.

Our Touching Department allows even our youngest customers to come and explore what Mother Nature had intended for us to enjoy.