I was digging through my rough looking for a stone, and came across a bag of Spinel I had forgotten about, and also the Chatham Sapphire. Now for those who have not heard of Chatham, they grow the finest created sapphire crystals. Years ago at the Tucson shows, they would sell some rough crystals. They stopped this a few years ago, but I did buy this one some time back.

First up are the spinels however. Here are two red stones from Morogoro Tanzania. These are not the hot red/pink stones from the Mahenge find that are so sought after, but pretty stones in their own way.



This next Spinel is a larger stone also from Morogoro Tanzania. The color is a violet with some blue in it. It's a deep tone and very clean stone, just short of loupe clean. The stone weighs 3.17 ct.



Here's is the Chatham Padparadscha Sapphire. This one is 2.60 ct. and cut in my Jua round design. You might want to check out the Chatham website and see what they sell these stones for!



One last stone tonight, this time a Montana Sapphire that was found in the Missouri River. A very large sapphire for a Montana.

Tags: Spinel, Chatham Sapphire, Montana Sapphire