In the new original series “Gem Hunt,” premiering Wednesday, October 16 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, Travel Channel takes viewers inside the high-stakes business of gems, traveling directly to the world’s busiest and riskiest trading regions. Fascinating, exciting, unpredictable and embedded in some of the most remote locations, each of the thirteen hour-long episodes follows gem dealer Ron LeBlanc, jewelry expert Diane Robinson and geologist Bernie Gaboury as they maneuver through mines, markets and tense negotiations in search of the world’s biggest, brightest and most profitable jewels.