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The Truth About Sapphire Treatments: When 'Enha...
The gemstone industry uses 'enhanced' to hide everything from legitimate heat treatment to deceptive fracture filling. Here's what's really being done to sapphires and when it crosses into deception.
The Truth About Sapphire Treatments: When 'Enha...
The gemstone industry uses 'enhanced' to hide everything from legitimate heat treatment to deceptive fracture filling. Here's what's really being done to sapphires and when it crosses into deception.
Why Jewelers Hate Selling Parti Sapphires (And ...
Traditional jewelers resist parti sapphires because they break the 4 Cs, require expertise, have lower margins, and threaten diamond sales. Here's why their reluctance is exactly why you should buy...
Why Jewelers Hate Selling Parti Sapphires (And ...
Traditional jewelers resist parti sapphires because they break the 4 Cs, require expertise, have lower margins, and threaten diamond sales. Here's why their reluctance is exactly why you should buy...
The Sapphire Scam: How Retailers Pass Off Heate...
How retailers use the word 'natural' to sell heat-treated sapphires at unheated prices—and the red flags that reveal the scam before you buy.
The Sapphire Scam: How Retailers Pass Off Heate...
How retailers use the word 'natural' to sell heat-treated sapphires at unheated prices—and the red flags that reveal the scam before you buy.
The Real Cost of Mining a Single Queensland Sap...
Discover the real cost of mining a Queensland sapphire: $3,200-$3,800 per gem stone. A transparent breakdown of fuel, water, labor, equipment, and why retail prices are what they are.
The Real Cost of Mining a Single Queensland Sap...
Discover the real cost of mining a Queensland sapphire: $3,200-$3,800 per gem stone. A transparent breakdown of fuel, water, labor, equipment, and why retail prices are what they are.
Climate Change & Australian Gemstone Mining: Wh...
Climate change is already reshaping Queensland sapphire mining. Discover the temperature, rainfall, and water scarcity impacts that will reduce supply 40-50% and drive prices up 60-150% by 2040.
Climate Change & Australian Gemstone Mining: Wh...
Climate change is already reshaping Queensland sapphire mining. Discover the temperature, rainfall, and water scarcity impacts that will reduce supply 40-50% and drive prices up 60-150% by 2040.
Extinct Mines & Rare Finds: The Queensland Sapp...
Discover the legendary Queensland sapphire deposits that produced world-class stones for brief periods, then vanished—and what their extinction means for today's market and collectors.
Extinct Mines & Rare Finds: The Queensland Sapp...
Discover the legendary Queensland sapphire deposits that produced world-class stones for brief periods, then vanished—and what their extinction means for today's market and collectors.