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 all the colors of the rainbow... |
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| colors
available: |
red-orange pink-orange orange purple pink violet light blue light blue-green and many more shades |
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| family/species: |
corundum |
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| properties: |
RI=1.762-1.770 DR SG=4.00 (+/-0.03) dispersion=0.018 hardness=9 note: highly suitable for use in jewelry |
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| treatments: |
many treatments and enhancements are currently being carried out on sapphires; however we generally only work with natural sapphires and always fully disclose all known treatments (see policy on treatment disclosure) | |
| important
information |
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natural, untreated sapphire is
getting
harder and harder to find in the market; however it still only sells
for a small premum over treated and enhanced stones |
| cuts: |
calibrated up to 4mm all standard cuts and free sizes |
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| rough: |
generally available in clean
material to
cut sizes 3mm and under; bigger pieces occasionally available - please
contact us for current stock |
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| mining: |
found in tanzania (umba valley,
tunduru), and kenya (garba tula, lodwar, turkana) view photo gallery |
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