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Gemstones and Minerals
Help please/star sapphire identification rough pics
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<blockquote data-quote="Keen Ken" data-source="post: 47011" data-attributes="member: 211"><p>Star Sapphires look the same as regular sapphires and can be transparent to opaque in a variety of colours.</p><p>The "star" is caused by very fine rutile inclusions running across the three horizontal axis of the gem.</p><p></p><p>The "cloudy" looking sapphire will generally cut a "star sapphire" however too much rutile and you will end up with a gem that you find difficult to polish.</p><p>I have not cut any real good star sapphires and I find then hard on my cutting gear, I'm sure there will be someone who specializes in cutting them who may be able to help further on this forum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keen Ken, post: 47011, member: 211"] Star Sapphires look the same as regular sapphires and can be transparent to opaque in a variety of colours. The "star" is caused by very fine rutile inclusions running across the three horizontal axis of the gem. The "cloudy" looking sapphire will generally cut a "star sapphire" however too much rutile and you will end up with a gem that you find difficult to polish. I have not cut any real good star sapphires and I find then hard on my cutting gear, I'm sure there will be someone who specializes in cutting them who may be able to help further on this forum. [/QUOTE]
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Help please/star sapphire identification rough pics
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