Coral reefs worldwide are currently stressed by pollution, warming ocean temperatures, and other assaults. The harvesting of coral not only decimates the coral colony but threatens the nursery environment on which many of the oceans' inhabitants depend. We decline to sell coral jewelry.

Ivory is formed from dentine consitituting the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals including the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth and narwhal whale.

Eckel & Co. declines to sell non-fossilized animal ivory but will offer non-organic alteratives.

Although 99% of diamonds are currently conflict-free, we require that our suppliers adhere to the Kimberly Process, guaranteeing that our diamonds are responsibly mined and enrich the economy and lives of the people in their countries of origin.

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We pay you for the broken clasps and other scrap from your repairs and for any precious metal unloved jewelry that you own. If tendered as payment on a purchase the credit is higher. We then recycle the gold, send it to our refiner and turned back into 24 karat gold to be used in our manufacturing of new designs.