Light Green Montana Sapphire

Most of the sapphires from montana are a pale green to blue green when they are mined with very limited numbers of deep blues and other fancy colors such as yellow orange violet and pink.

Light green montana sapphire.

While some of the montana sapphires can be heated to produce more desirable shades of blue many cannot due to the chemistry of the sapphires. Today miners search for the very stones that many of their own prospecting ancestors had unwittingly tossed to the wayside on an 1860 s era path to riches only in search for gold. 3 21 carat steely teal to violet purple color change montana sapphire heated 9 200 00. A favorite for our american customers montana green sapphires are one of our.

If you don t know about the history of montana sapphires please have a look at our education page here. Green sapphires come in all shapes sizes and color tones. Montana sapphires have remarkable color and brilliance. Sapphire mining in montana is an echo of the original gold rush.

Blue sapphire is the traditional birthstone of september and is very durable making a sapphire ring suitable for every day wear. Our green sapphires range from a light mint and lime hue to deep earthy greenish brown colors. Green sapphires are extremely durable when compared to other green gemstones like emeralds or tsavorite garnet. Usually lacking in purple tones they exhibit a gray tint and are notorious color shifters colors varying with the light source they are under.

The unique color of blue montana sapphires reminds you of a favorite pair of jeans or your favorite pair of blue eyes.