Sapphire 0.82 ct spinel A fantastic unheated purplish sapphire

A fantastic unheated purplish sapphire from small-scale mining in Madagascar

A small but beautifully colored oval-cut spinel from Mahenge

Slightly color-changing

A pair of fine emerald-cut tsavorites from Kenya

Sapphire 0.82 ct spinel A fantastic unheated purplish sapphireA greenish sapphire from small scale mining in Madagascar, cut into our contemporary hexagon design. The rough was purchased as unheated at the mine, but it has not yet been submitted to the lab. Over 90% of these rough pieces are unheated, though sometimes miners heat the rough directly at the mine. For this reason, we offer this sapphire as heated (even though it is very likely unheated) until it is verified by our lab. We will update the treatment