Ethiopian Gemstones.
Ethically Sourced.

Many of the lapidary workers in Addis Ababa are single mothers. Woman of the Nile works directly with their cooperatives — paying fair wages, skipping middlemen, and reinvesting a share of each sale into their community.

Ethiopian opals form in ancient volcanic ash deposits in the Welo region — millions of years of silica and water creating the fiery play-of-colour you see. Read the full opal story →

Every stone in our collection comes with an Ethiopian school certificate of origin — a government-issued document that traces the stone from mine to market. No certificate, no sale.