I spent the weekend with my main rough dealer from Kenya, and picked up some nice stones to work with. Rough was in pretty short supply, he had about 1/4 the amount he normally does, and of course the prices were up too. I'll try in the next few days to post some pictures of some of the more interesting pieces I was able to buy. Here's a partial list: Natural untreated Ruby from Tanzanian, Aquamarine in a medium blue, Umba Sapphires, some new sapphire from Lodwar in Kenya, a color change garnet, Iolite and a few others.

Here's one of the new Lodwar sapphires cut. These are all natural, unheated stones.