Light Green Montana Sapphire

Today miners search for the very stones that many of their own prospecting ancestors had unwittingly tossed to the wayside on an 1860 s era path to riches only in search for gold.

Light green montana sapphire.

A favorite for our american customers montana green sapphires are one of our. Montana sapphires have a long and exciting history. Our green sapphires range from a light mint and lime hue to deep earthy greenish brown colors. Montana sapphires have remarkable color and brilliance.

If you re looking for something truly made in the usa look no further than these exciting and rare colors that only mother nature can provide. While some of the montana sapphires can be heated to produce more desirable shades of blue many cannot due to the chemistry of the sapphires. 3 21 carat steely teal to violet purple color change montana sapphire heated 9 200 00. Eragem has an extensive selection of recently sourced blue green sapphires and specifically montana origin sapphires set in repurposed vintage and contemporary mountings.

Sapphire mining in montana is an echo of the original gold rush. Usually lacking in purple tones they exhibit a gray tint and are notorious color shifters colors varying with the light source they are under. Most of the sapphires from montana are a pale green to blue green when they are mined with very limited numbers of deep blues and other fancy colors such as yellow orange violet and pink. If you don t know about the history of montana sapphires please have a look at our education page here.

Green sapphires are extremely durable when compared to other green gemstones like emeralds or tsavorite garnet.