I have recently fallen in love with deep blue stones. I have a sapphire ring that is pretty dark and I love it. I also sourced a stone for a pendant for my wife that is a very pastel and she love it. I have a 5.4 carat tanzanite coming now AAAA color :)
You're very kind Corey. I try very hard to curate my channel. I certainly can't please everyone (particularly the internet trolls) but I strive. Near a decade as a classroom teacher has taught me a lot about what doesn't work and must be avoided, and what 'might' work in presenting. Cheers ~
@@GemologyforSchmucks yeah, the trolls just like being trolls . They just try to make chaos . I would definitely bet that teaching for a decade has alot to do with the overall quality. I know personally that you do teach very well in your videos. Be well Peter.
Absolutely, there are many other excellent colours in sapphire. My main point of why the 1 carat blues are an ideal investment opportunity is that they'll always come back in fashion. Yellows in western society come in and out based on people's whims. Blues... they ain't going anywhere. The price will change, but they'll be back.
Great video as always. Lots of deals to be had in the more saturated pastels and lighter tone cornflowers. Another benefit for those buying online, in my experience blue sapphires tend to photograph more true to life than other stones, if that makes sense. Oftentimes red stones look a completely different color than their photo, but blue tends to be fairly accurate.
Thank you K P. Reds and Emerald are a nightmare to photograph, definitely, though I don't feel that any of the sapphires in this video (which I shot on a DSLR) are as nice as they are in person, by a solid 30% margin. When you look at the highlights of the stone, you can see they kind of go a weird neon colour: thats because the saturation/ intensity is blowing it out and the camera doesn't know what to think XD Ahhh the challenges of this industry. What a blessing for the eyes though.
Personally? I do. Most diffused treatments are a bit too much like spray-paint for me. The objects may be pretty and stable, but there is no uniqueness and rarity. While I totally agree that its a fair item to use when making low budget jewelry, as long as it is clearly disclosed, from my perspective, I just get tired of looking at it because i've seen too much of the same thing. I feel the same way about citrine and blue topaz though. Nothing wrong with them, but they're not for me most of the time.
thanks for your videos. question. I wanna become certified. your videos helped greatly in the beginning I thank you. I can't afford the GIA, is there another industry accepted certification for authentication and treatment identification
Absolutely - I didn't go to GIA, and nor do I feel that their students have a skill set or perspective on gemology that outshines several other institutions. I went to AIGS here in Thailand, and the Gem-A program through the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (with a partner providing in class tuition here in Thailand aswell) are AT LEAST competitive with GIA for knowledge. Both have substantially lower tuition costs and other advantages in the learning process. Here's a video from back which I had a mega-beard where I speak on gem programs: ua-cam.com/video/aw9bASc8vLE/v-deo.html
@@GemologyforSchmucks I've totally watched it. So here's a follow up question. As you said there, you gotta study. And I like to. But it's hard to find the materials. Basically I wanna learn how to for sure I'd lab v.s. nat using a microscope, and diamond grading/pricing. Like, do you need a cert to do an appraisal that matters? How about a report? As I grow my own business it's something I work on learning
@@Celestial_Reach Diamond pricing is pretty easy once you learn to effectively grade diamonds. Everyone (nearly) uses Rappaport an uses a discount from rappaport's reported price as a selling mechanism. Distinguishing natural from synthetic in coloured stones however requires that you see enough lab AND natural stones. AIGS offers a 1 month course on coloured stone synthetics and treatments. Once you feel you've got some gemology under your belt, thats the direction I would suggest most. There is no substitute for seeing enough reference material. "Certs" and "reports" are interchangeable terms for some people. The official term is a report, because it all comes back to being a "gemologist's opinion" and cannot be asserted as a statement of fact (legal loophole that all the labs use to avoid getting chased over something that is not 100% objectively provable anyhow) And finally - appraisals in the West are not true valuations. They are for insurance replacement purposes. Anyone that tries to take an insurance appraisal and use it as a selling tool gets eyes rolled at them (perhaps when their back is turned). This knowledge is definitely not a short road, but it is a good one. Best of luck as you grow your business.
@@GemologyforSchmucks thank you for your time today, I greatly appreciate it. I will keep thisnis mind, and I might check out the AIGS course. One last question. I tried to take the emerald mini course on gem society. It turned out to mostly be information I already knew. Is there any books your would recommend for the big 4, especially treatments and such? Besides that, I will endeavor to keep looking at more and more gems and look forward to more videos
I would love to, and hopefully in the near future I will. Would I recommend them? The right quality for the right price, absolutely. A ruby just because it's "a ruby" no. Quality 1ct rubies far out pace the price of similar quality sapphires because they're substantially rarer in nature.
Thanks Peter; I agree with you to an extent. Yes to inclusions, no to perfect clarity as you might as well get a synthetic stone. I have a Sapphire with so many inclusions i don’t need a Loupe. Yes I love Sapphire, but not blue ones, although blue is one of my favourite colours. Mad ain’t it. Perhaps is because blue is always associated with Sapphire and I like something different. I’ll send you a picture of my included one, you maybe shocked!
I hear you Rog. I also like the unknown and quirky. My point on recommending this as an investment opportunity is because our history is so tied with blue sapphires (the only colour of sapphire that we can just call "sapphire") that it's going to stay around. If you buy now you can sell in 2 or 20 or 200 years as long as you get a nice stone. If you get a fancy colour, who knows whether that colour will still fit the fashion whims of our societies at any given time. Otherwise I totally agree with you. Buy for beauty.
@@GemologyforSchmucks Gotcha, yea “Blue Sapphire” otherwise it’s a coloured Sapphire. Let’s not go down the Diamond road. 😉 Anyway, I emailed you a photograph of my 2 carat of my unmistakable beautiful Sapphire that no one else has one. Rog.
Hi, I find gemstones locally in rivers but I’m not sure what measurements or shape they should be to be able to cut, a lot of what I find is smaller so hoping to get a size indication from an expert like yourself
@@HerbalTee69 getting the best out of rough definitely requires experience. You’ll want to find someone who will sit down with you and plan it out in person.
Thanks so much for this great information...i was previously quite confused about the "royal blue" color code... too many of them seemed so darn dark... i like that you specified the adjectives of "Light royal blue"... definitely useful info !...you did not talk about Kasmir blue though...is that because there really are not many of those left out there?
Cheers, glad to help. Kashmir isn't really a colour - its like talking about unicorns and finding out they're actually rhinos. One of the significant pass-times in the gem community is arguing over the validity of colour naming conventions.
I love your Videos! What do you think about irradiatet blue topaz? I don`t know but is topaz with a deeper colour more expensive than topaz with a lighter colour.(in the case of irradiatet topaz)
Hi Thoralf, Blue topaz can be very eye catching, is what I think. For value however, I don't like to own it. If your producing a line of jewelry and you can sell thousands of pieces, it would make business sense, but otherwise, the value of selling a single piece of corundum or other rarer gem FAR outweighs the effort that goes into selling something as highly available blue topaz. Cheers and thanks for the comment.
I would really appreciate your advice on gemstone storage, especially long term storage. Because it's a little confusing with the different environmental factors to consider for the different materials :D Thanks Peter, I love everything you do!
Hi Franz, For most crystalline gemstones, you just need to make sure that they're not bumping around and scratching eachother or in danger of getting crushed by a heavy object etc. Otherwise, if its an environment that humans would be comfortable in.... your gems will be totally fine. Pearls and opal are the two that need special considerations. Pearls need a certain stable amount of humidity, so you don't want to leave them in a safety deposit box to dry out for years. You also dont really want them sitting under the sun day in and day out as this can dry them out and cause degradation to their quality. No windowsills basically, and keep them away from the fireplace. Common sense i'd say. Mostly i'd say keep them in a human type environment that is also secure. Cheers and thanks for the support.
@@GemologyforSchmucks Perfect, that's what I was looking for! l will store Opals and Perls separate from each other inside an airtight container covered with some slightly damp cotton. Thank you so much for your time :) Cheers
Eye clean is perfect for me. For these exact reasons, well the verification side not the theft aspect. Peter, I'd be interested in buying from you. Any chance of a rough pricing say eye clean sapphire, 1ct, with x characteristics will be between this and this.
I got someone having exvellent knowledge about gemology and gemstones. Please give us detail study about the properties of each of the most known gemstones.
A fantastic idea, thanks. I'm torn between two thoughts: its either going to be a brutally short video, or an excruciating multi-part series XD. I'll continue to mull that over though, as I do need to start talking about the big 3 more in the days ahead.
Thanks Masha ~ i'd like to in the future. Photographing emeralds is a brutal task, so that makes explaining the huge price jump in colours exceptionally difficult. I'll be speaking with some photographer friends and I'll see what i can do. Cheers~
Thanks for another great video as usual. But I have several questions regarding gem stones as a viable investment vehicle. Isn't it a lot harder to get proper valuation, as unlike gold/silver/platinum, stocks and bonds, there isn't any international market indexes to base our valuation on. Also, won't jewellers want proper certifications to buy gems from someone they don't know?
An excellent question Austin. To respond i'll say that viability and ease of investment are two very different things that we need to evaluate when considering an investment. Precious metals are much easier to buy and sell. They also arguably have much less opportunity to "find a good deal" than with gemstones, because gold is gold is gold is gold and everyone knows what it is. Gemstones have a grey area where knowledge and a sharp eye can become money. Also due to supply chain issues, gemstones stand to have large value point changes over time. Precious metals however are a market that is directly manipulated and influenced by market actors (London Bullion etc etc). No one controls the price of coloured stones effectively. The people with the rarest stones jockey to get the highest prices, and hungry buyers go with the deal they find best. Its about as close to a free market as you can get in my opinion (assuming educated buyers and not just wild money flying around). Some deals happen in auction houses, and these are the prices that everyone sees and starts to base their own prices on (typically less rare stones). Who knows what prices the back door and hidden office deals are going for. So to come full circle - buying and selling precious metals is a much easier process because its easily verifiable with machines and a small amount of knowledge. Buying and selling gemstones provides a lot more opportunity for substantial value growth if you have a keen eye for quality and some knowledge of the current market prices.
Quirky nonsense eh? Thats why I try and build the larger community understanding of these issues so that folks can just roll their eyes and move on with business when they hear that kind of stuff.
How about other colours? I know blue is traditional colour for sapphires but unfortunately other colours even the fancy ones are not as popular as blue.
This all comes down to culture and fashion trends. Blue will never go out of style in the west, just as yellows will always be popular in India for astrological belief reasons. Yellows are hard to move in the west however, depending on the fashion trends. Culture is powerful.
I like the idea of a traditional heat stone. Those miners work hard, so if they can bring more revenue to their community by heating something that may not have had much worth before, then I'm for it. Also, I'm with you on the violet.
This will depend on the stage of history. Any ratio that I could give now may be totally irrelevant in a few years time depending on how supply is limited on unheated stones. With the technology and technique being well established now for heating, we can expect that heated stones will become more plentiful.
Thanks Darrell~ My client its quite passionate about curating the vintage rings that they send me to resurrect. Naturally I'm quite passionate about the stones that I choose for each of these mountings. Glad to hear that others agree with me XD
Peter is correct. 98% of sapphires are heated. That goes back over 1200 yrs. Personally a "Ceylon blue" is perfect color. As Peter mentions not too dark. Thats basically a " Trade" term today. Traditional Sri Lanka ceylon sapphires are extremely rare, & pricey. As for investment purposes I'm partial too Tanzanite. Single sourced stone Merilani Tanzania. 2 mines are close. At current rates of production theres maybe 70 yrs left. As they become more rare like Russian Alexandrite, they become more valuable. A good investment. Buying a hord of good rough can pay off. D block surface stones are gone. Don't be fooled by D block name. A ancient fire 250k yrs ago heated surface stones, turning them blue naturally. Although can be found, are excruciatingly expensive. But an investor who had a horde of rough ( locked in a safe) approx 15 yrs ago made a $ killing. Not everyone likes Tanzanite, because of its purple tones( pleochroic) Colors hues may vary trend to trend, Sapphires are always in style.
If a person values their time they won’t waste it buying sapphires off eBay and especially ones from India. You can get your money back but it requires you spend even more time for lab grown sapphires you don’t want.
This is the best gemology channel on UA-cam and i mean that
Thanks for your high praise and constant support~
I have recently fallen in love with deep blue stones. I have a sapphire ring that is pretty dark and I love it. I also sourced a stone for a pendant for my wife that is a very pastel and she love it. I have a 5.4 carat tanzanite coming now AAAA color :)
Peter, you simply don't make bad content . I am starting to wonder if it's a super power ...
Sapphire is def a favorite of mine.
You're very kind Corey. I try very hard to curate my channel. I certainly can't please everyone (particularly the internet trolls) but I strive. Near a decade as a classroom teacher has taught me a lot about what doesn't work and must be avoided, and what 'might' work in presenting. Cheers ~
@@GemologyforSchmucks yeah, the trolls just like being trolls . They just try to make chaos . I would definitely bet that teaching for a decade has alot to do with the overall quality. I know personally that you do teach very well in your videos. Be well Peter.
Yeah, vivid clear cornflower blue !!!
Fingerprint inclusion is perfect.
Without green and no purple shine. 🤗
I agree- its classic for a reason.
blue sapphire is fantastic, but I'm also a big fan of party sapphires, that mixture of colors can sometimes be really enchanting
Absolutely, there are many other excellent colours in sapphire. My main point of why the 1 carat blues are an ideal investment opportunity is that they'll always come back in fashion. Yellows in western society come in and out based on people's whims. Blues... they ain't going anywhere. The price will change, but they'll be back.
Great video as always. Lots of deals to be had in the more saturated pastels and lighter tone cornflowers.
Another benefit for those buying online, in my experience blue sapphires tend to photograph more true to life than other stones, if that makes sense. Oftentimes red stones look a completely different color than their photo, but blue tends to be fairly accurate.
Thank you K P. Reds and Emerald are a nightmare to photograph, definitely, though I don't feel that any of the sapphires in this video (which I shot on a DSLR) are as nice as they are in person, by a solid 30% margin. When you look at the highlights of the stone, you can see they kind of go a weird neon colour: thats because the saturation/ intensity is blowing it out and the camera doesn't know what to think XD
Ahhh the challenges of this industry. What a blessing for the eyes though.
Happy to know you talked about design, aesthetics and ergonomics. Great !!
Thanks Vrashal. Economics~ I need my stones to be beautiful and make business sense, not be comfortable and functional for a task XD
Cheers
@@GemologyforSchmucks ok anyways 😁
The more I learn about sapphire, the more I like it. All colors, durable, vast range of pricing.
Corundum is an exceptional mineral, and small wonder that it has enjoyed reverence for so long.
@@GemologyforSchmucks I'm definitely going to focus on it first, along with spinel and garnets.
do you avoid diffused gems completely?
Personally? I do. Most diffused treatments are a bit too much like spray-paint for me. The objects may be pretty and stable, but there is no uniqueness and rarity. While I totally agree that its a fair item to use when making low budget jewelry, as long as it is clearly disclosed, from my perspective, I just get tired of looking at it because i've seen too much of the same thing. I feel the same way about citrine and blue topaz though. Nothing wrong with them, but they're not for me most of the time.
thanks for your videos. question. I wanna become certified. your videos helped greatly in the beginning I thank you. I can't afford the GIA, is there another industry accepted certification for authentication and treatment identification
Absolutely - I didn't go to GIA, and nor do I feel that their students have a skill set or perspective on gemology that outshines several other institutions. I went to AIGS here in Thailand, and the Gem-A program through the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (with a partner providing in class tuition here in Thailand aswell) are AT LEAST competitive with GIA for knowledge. Both have substantially lower tuition costs and other advantages in the learning process.
Here's a video from back which I had a mega-beard where I speak on gem programs:
ua-cam.com/video/aw9bASc8vLE/v-deo.html
@@GemologyforSchmucks I've totally watched it. So here's a follow up question. As you said there, you gotta study. And I like to. But it's hard to find the materials. Basically I wanna learn how to for sure I'd lab v.s. nat using a microscope, and diamond grading/pricing. Like, do you need a cert to do an appraisal that matters? How about a report? As I grow my own business it's something I work on learning
@@Celestial_Reach Diamond pricing is pretty easy once you learn to effectively grade diamonds. Everyone (nearly) uses Rappaport an uses a discount from rappaport's reported price as a selling mechanism. Distinguishing natural from synthetic in coloured stones however requires that you see enough lab AND natural stones. AIGS offers a 1 month course on coloured stone synthetics and treatments. Once you feel you've got some gemology under your belt, thats the direction I would suggest most. There is no substitute for seeing enough reference material.
"Certs" and "reports" are interchangeable terms for some people. The official term is a report, because it all comes back to being a "gemologist's opinion" and cannot be asserted as a statement of fact (legal loophole that all the labs use to avoid getting chased over something that is not 100% objectively provable anyhow)
And finally - appraisals in the West are not true valuations. They are for insurance replacement purposes. Anyone that tries to take an insurance appraisal and use it as a selling tool gets eyes rolled at them (perhaps when their back is turned).
This knowledge is definitely not a short road, but it is a good one.
Best of luck as you grow your business.
@@GemologyforSchmucks thank you for your time today, I greatly appreciate it. I will keep thisnis mind, and I might check out the AIGS course. One last question. I tried to take the emerald mini course on gem society. It turned out to mostly be information I already knew.
Is there any books your would recommend for the big 4, especially treatments and such? Besides that, I will endeavor to keep looking at more and more gems and look forward to more videos
Thank you
You're welcome, Chandra.
Love you friend, have a great day, you definitely help my days to become better
Thanks Johny~ i'm glad to be of service.
2:27 Can you talk about rubies? Would you also recommend a 1 carat ruby?
I would love to, and hopefully in the near future I will. Would I recommend them? The right quality for the right price, absolutely. A ruby just because it's "a ruby" no. Quality 1ct rubies far out pace the price of similar quality sapphires because they're substantially rarer in nature.
Thanks Peter; I agree with you to an extent. Yes to inclusions, no to perfect clarity as you might as well get a synthetic stone. I have a Sapphire with so many inclusions i don’t need a Loupe. Yes I love Sapphire, but not blue ones, although blue is one of my favourite colours. Mad ain’t it. Perhaps is because blue is always associated with Sapphire and I like something different. I’ll send you a picture of my included one, you maybe shocked!
I hear you Rog. I also like the unknown and quirky. My point on recommending this as an investment opportunity is because our history is so tied with blue sapphires (the only colour of sapphire that we can just call "sapphire") that it's going to stay around. If you buy now you can sell in 2 or 20 or 200 years as long as you get a nice stone. If you get a fancy colour, who knows whether that colour will still fit the fashion whims of our societies at any given time. Otherwise I totally agree with you. Buy for beauty.
@@GemologyforSchmucks Gotcha, yea “Blue Sapphire” otherwise it’s a coloured Sapphire. Let’s not go down the Diamond road. 😉
Anyway, I emailed you a photograph of my 2 carat of my unmistakable beautiful Sapphire that no one else has one. Rog.
Hi, I find gemstones locally in rivers but I’m not sure what measurements or shape they should be to be able to cut, a lot of what I find is smaller so hoping to get a size indication from an expert like yourself
@@HerbalTee69 getting the best out of rough definitely requires experience. You’ll want to find someone who will sit down with you and plan it out in person.
Thanks so much for this great information...i was previously quite confused about the "royal blue" color code... too many of them seemed so darn dark... i like that you specified the adjectives of "Light royal blue"... definitely useful info !...you did not talk about Kasmir blue though...is that because there really are not many of those left out there?
Cheers, glad to help. Kashmir isn't really a colour - its like talking about unicorns and finding out they're actually rhinos. One of the significant pass-times in the gem community is arguing over the validity of colour naming conventions.
I love your Videos!
What do you think about irradiatet blue topaz?
I don`t know but is topaz with a deeper colour more expensive than topaz with a lighter colour.(in the case of irradiatet topaz)
Hi Thoralf,
Blue topaz can be very eye catching, is what I think. For value however, I don't like to own it. If your producing a line of jewelry and you can sell thousands of pieces, it would make business sense, but otherwise, the value of selling a single piece of corundum or other rarer gem FAR outweighs the effort that goes into selling something as highly available blue topaz.
Cheers and thanks for the comment.
I would really appreciate your advice on gemstone storage, especially long term storage. Because it's a little confusing with the different environmental factors to consider for the different materials :D
Thanks Peter, I love everything you do!
Hi Franz,
For most crystalline gemstones, you just need to make sure that they're not bumping around and scratching eachother or in danger of getting crushed by a heavy object etc.
Otherwise, if its an environment that humans would be comfortable in.... your gems will be totally fine.
Pearls and opal are the two that need special considerations. Pearls need a certain stable amount of humidity, so you don't want to leave them in a safety deposit box to dry out for years. You also dont really want them sitting under the sun day in and day out as this can dry them out and cause degradation to their quality. No windowsills basically, and keep them away from the fireplace. Common sense i'd say.
Mostly i'd say keep them in a human type environment that is also secure.
Cheers and thanks for the support.
@@GemologyforSchmucks Perfect, that's what I was looking for!
l will store Opals and Perls separate from each other inside an airtight container covered with some slightly damp cotton.
Thank you so much for your time :)
Cheers
So, where's the best place to go buy 20 1ct sapphires?
Eye clean is perfect for me. For these exact reasons, well the verification side not the theft aspect.
Peter, I'd be interested in buying from you. Any chance of a rough pricing say eye clean sapphire, 1ct, with x characteristics will be between this and this.
If you'd like, send me an email and I can send you a few video of available stones with prices.
thegemshepherd@gmail.com
purple with violet tint, its the signature tanzanite move there haha
That colour is part of why tanzanite was originally marketed as a replacement for sapphire. Super typical in Sri-Lankan sapphires.
I got someone having exvellent knowledge about gemology and gemstones.
Please give us detail study about the properties of each of the most known gemstones.
All things in good time.
You should do a whole video on how important it is to get expert advice when buying a Ruby.
A fantastic idea, thanks. I'm torn between two thoughts: its either going to be a brutally short video, or an excruciating multi-part series XD. I'll continue to mull that over though, as I do need to start talking about the big 3 more in the days ahead.
Great video & love how you explain things :) Can you make one about emeralds?
Thanks Masha ~ i'd like to in the future. Photographing emeralds is a brutal task, so that makes explaining the huge price jump in colours exceptionally difficult. I'll be speaking with some photographer friends and I'll see what i can do.
Cheers~
Thanks for another great video as usual. But I have several questions regarding gem stones as a viable investment vehicle. Isn't it a lot harder to get proper valuation, as unlike gold/silver/platinum, stocks and bonds, there isn't any international market indexes to base our valuation on. Also, won't jewellers want proper certifications to buy gems from someone they don't know?
An excellent question Austin. To respond i'll say that viability and ease of investment are two very different things that we need to evaluate when considering an investment. Precious metals are much easier to buy and sell. They also arguably have much less opportunity to "find a good deal" than with gemstones, because gold is gold is gold is gold and everyone knows what it is. Gemstones have a grey area where knowledge and a sharp eye can become money. Also due to supply chain issues, gemstones stand to have large value point changes over time. Precious metals however are a market that is directly manipulated and influenced by market actors (London Bullion etc etc). No one controls the price of coloured stones effectively. The people with the rarest stones jockey to get the highest prices, and hungry buyers go with the deal they find best. Its about as close to a free market as you can get in my opinion (assuming educated buyers and not just wild money flying around). Some deals happen in auction houses, and these are the prices that everyone sees and starts to base their own prices on (typically less rare stones). Who knows what prices the back door and hidden office deals are going for.
So to come full circle - buying and selling precious metals is a much easier process because its easily verifiable with machines and a small amount of knowledge. Buying and selling gemstones provides a lot more opportunity for substantial value growth if you have a keen eye for quality and some knowledge of the current market prices.
I like the red ones. If you're buying it's a sapphire, if you're selling it's a Ruby.
Quirky nonsense eh? Thats why I try and build the larger community understanding of these issues so that folks can just roll their eyes and move on with business when they hear that kind of stuff.
How about other colours? I know blue is traditional colour for sapphires but unfortunately other colours even the fancy ones are not as popular as blue.
This all comes down to culture and fashion trends. Blue will never go out of style in the west, just as yellows will always be popular in India for astrological belief reasons. Yellows are hard to move in the west however, depending on the fashion trends. Culture is powerful.
How would 1ct traditionally heated blue sapphire compare to an unheated stone of the same quality in price?
I like the idea of a traditional heat stone. Those miners work hard, so if they can bring more revenue to their community by heating something that may not have had much worth before, then I'm for it. Also, I'm with you on the violet.
I agree- I have no beef with using beautiful heated stones. Theres a financial side to collecting unheated, but each object has its place.
This will depend on the stage of history. Any ratio that I could give now may be totally irrelevant in a few years time depending on how supply is limited on unheated stones. With the technology and technique being well established now for heating, we can expect that heated stones will become more plentiful.
The last 41 views and I in the last 50 mins lol
Beautiful rings. (But hey, I'm a schmuck) ☯️
Thanks Darrell~ My client its quite passionate about curating the vintage rings that they send me to resurrect. Naturally I'm quite passionate about the stones that I choose for each of these mountings. Glad to hear that others agree with me XD
Peter is correct. 98% of sapphires are heated. That goes back over 1200 yrs. Personally a "Ceylon blue" is perfect color. As Peter mentions not too dark. Thats basically a " Trade" term today. Traditional Sri Lanka ceylon sapphires are extremely rare, & pricey.
As for investment purposes I'm partial too Tanzanite. Single sourced stone Merilani Tanzania. 2 mines are close. At current rates of production theres maybe 70 yrs left. As they become more rare like Russian Alexandrite, they become more valuable. A good investment. Buying a hord of good rough can pay off.
D block surface stones are gone.
Don't be fooled by D block name. A ancient fire 250k yrs ago heated surface stones, turning them blue naturally. Although can be found, are excruciatingly expensive. But an investor who had a horde of rough ( locked in a safe) approx 15 yrs ago made a $ killing.
Not everyone likes Tanzanite, because of its purple tones( pleochroic)
Colors hues may vary trend to trend, Sapphires are always in style.
Thanks Robert~ I agree on the purple-violet thing. I'm a big fan. SO was Caesar, and Catherine the Great! Maybe they were on to something :D
If a person values their time they won’t waste it buying sapphires off eBay and especially ones from India. You can get your money back but it requires you spend even more time for lab grown sapphires you don’t want.
Trust is absolutely critical in the gem buying experience.
Hi, you know the name Peter means a funny thing in Russia. Hahaha 🤔😅
I've been told this, yes. Fortunately i'm comfortable being called Pyotr and any other language's variant of my given name.
I went to subscribe but I already am lol
I'm glad to hear both of those things ~ Twice welcome!
i prefer off color, like my jokes.
That which delights our eyes (or our sense of humour) is good to us. A good investment is one that seems good enough to buy to many others.
"Without being ostentatious" ??? What's the point of that lol
Different strokes for different folks, I suppose ;)