
I Finally Facet These Montana Sapphires 1 Year After Finding Them
All but one of these stones were found during my 2023 Montana trip which when I did my "Finding Sapphires at Two Sapphire Mines in Montana" video. These are some of the better sapphires I still had to cut from that trip.
The first 4 stone that I facet are heat treated sapphires from the Gem Mountain Sapphire Mine. The next two pinks are unheated sapphires from there.
The next stone after them is a heat treated stone from the Montana Blue Jewel Sapphire Mine, and the last two are unheated stones from that location.
Gemstone cut design credit:
Yellow Marquise
"Marquise 1" design by Arya Akhavan
Light Pink Round
"Flash 11" design by Fred W Van Sant
Icy Blue Oval
"Lassitude" Design by Arya Akhavan
Green Round
"Fox Face" Design by Matthew Maxfield
Both Unheated Pinks
"Lily Blossom" Design by Matthew Maxfield
Blue Green Cushion
"Cushion Barion Oval" Design by Matthew Maxfield
Icy Blue Hexagon
"S-Hex-y" Design by Marco Voltolini
Largest Green Sapphire
"Bulky Emerald" Design by Matthew Maxfield
The designs that I used that weren't my own can be found on the gemology project website. https://www.gemologyproject.com/wiki/index.php?title=Home
