Umba Sapphire Parcel Colors
Get the insight of Jeff on all your concerns about Gemstones. "Are all Sapphires blue?". Check out the Umba Sapphire Parcel Colors.
Below is an Umba Sapphire Parcel(natural, unheated). This is fairly typical of what is available, that is if you wallet is deep enough.
Are all Sapphires blue? Absolutely not, Sapphires come in almost any color, including bi-color stones, color change stones and and white (clear). White Sapphires are often used as accent stones in jewelry in place of diamonds.
Jeff R. Graham
The late Jeff Graham was a prolific faceter, creator of many original faceting designs, and the author of several highly-regarded instructional faceting books such as Gram Faceting Designs.
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