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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Are Australian sapphires really worth anything?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 174983" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>Interesting stuff there mfdes <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I have to say that in 35 years of chasing sapphires I have never found stones as light coloured as some of those. We do get some nice sky blues up here but I've not seen them that light before.</p><p></p><p>That's what threw me when Wal identified as a sapphire a stone that I had decided must have been a zircon - the shape of the surface looked like a sapphire with the "stepping down" appearence but I hadn't seen such a light colour before.</p><p></p><p>Maybe if fortune is kind enough to us both, at some stage in the future we might be able to trade - central Queensland greens and yellows for some of those intruiging light blues <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 174983, member: 2976"] Interesting stuff there mfdes :) I have to say that in 35 years of chasing sapphires I have never found stones as light coloured as some of those. We do get some nice sky blues up here but I've not seen them that light before. That's what threw me when Wal identified as a sapphire a stone that I had decided must have been a zircon - the shape of the surface looked like a sapphire with the "stepping down" appearence but I hadn't seen such a light colour before. Maybe if fortune is kind enough to us both, at some stage in the future we might be able to trade - central Queensland greens and yellows for some of those intruiging light blues :) [/QUOTE]
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