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Oct 03

Ceylon Natural Colour Change Sapphire

DanushkaLeave a Comment on Ceylon Natural Colour Change SapphirePosted in Gem Hunting Travels, Gem Mining, Gemology, Minerals, Stories Tagged , , , ,

A rare variety of natural sapphire, known as colour-change sapphire, exhibits different colours in a different light. Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminium-oxide with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper, or magnesium. Sapphire deposits are found in Eastern Australia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Madagascar, Greenland, East […]

Oct 03

CEYLON King Sapphire

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This padparadscha sapphire rough stone is unearthed from Rakwana Mineral, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka yesterday. Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminium-oxide with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper, or magnesium. Sapphire deposits are found in Eastern Australia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Madagascar, Greenland, East Africa, and in North […]

Oct 02

Ceylon Natural Lotus Spinel

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Ceylon Natural Lotus Spinel very attractive colour stone unearthed from the city of gem Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. It has very good reactions with Ultra Violet Light. We found this stone from the Elapatha Mineral City of Gem Ratnapura. Spinel is the magnesium-aluminum member of the larger spinel group of minerals with chemical formula MgAl₂O₄. Spinel […]