Loose Cut Montana Sapphire
All of the Montana Missouri River Sapphire I sell are from the famous El dorado Bar outside of Helena, Montana.
All are untreated in any way. I carefully hand select each and every sapphire I sell for the highest quality clarity and color, either cut from sapphire rough I recover, or cut stones directly from the mine owner. You will not find any junk sapphire here, only the finest available for purchase.
Every item I sell is 100% guaranteed. Approximately 90% of all of the faceted Montana Sapphires I sell are from rough crystals that I have personally found and had cut. The other 10% are purchased directly from the mine owner.
If you would like to have your gemstone purchase certified by GIA, I can offer this for $190 per sapphire, emerald, ruby or tourmaline and $150 for all other gemstones including benitoite. Please understand that this will delay shipping of your purchase by about 2 to 3 weeks. I will personally drive your stone to the GIA Headquarters in Carlsbad, CA, pick it up when it has been certified, and then ship it to you. Please contact me prior to making your purchase if you wish to purchase a certification.
All of the cut Montana Sapphire for sale, are 100% natural Montana Sapphire with absolutely no treatment of any kind.
Type II Gemstone Grading Table (Includes: Ruby, Sapphire, Amethyst, Garnet, Seafoam Tourmaline, Iolite, Peridot)
| Clarity Grade |
Quality |
Definitions |
|
VVS1 |
Extremely Fine Quality |
Gemstones are better than eye clean (i.e., have no visible inclusions) and have very few microscopic inclusions which are difficult to moderately difficult to detect under a 10x magnification loupe. |
|
VVS2 |
Extremely Fine Quality |
Gemstones are better than eye clean (i.e., have no visible inclusions) and have minor microscopic inclusions which can be detected under a 10x magnification loupe. Gemstones may have very minute visible inclusions, only seen from a side angle, but not face on. |
|
VS1 |
Very Fine Quality |
Minute inclusions are hardly visible to the naked eye. The beauty of the gem is not diminished in anyway. |
|
VS2 |
Fine Quality |
Small inclusions and feathers are hardly visible to the naked eye. However, the overall beauty of the gem is still not diminished. |
|
SI1 |
Good Quality. Lightly Included. |
Some visible inclusions present, but not serious enough to detract from the overall appearance of the gemstone. |
|
SI2 |
Medium to Good Quality. Lightly Included. |
These gems have inclusions which are moderately easy to detect with the naked eye. These inclusions are generally not visible to the friendly observer. |
|
I1, 12 &1 3 (also SI3) |
Medium to Lower Quality. Included. |
Included gems with internal flaws that are easily visible to the naked eye. Flaws will have a negative effect on the overall appearance of the gemstone. Generally, gemstones with I1, I2 or I3 grades are only used in commercial or mass produced jewelry and not in fine jewelry. |
