Sapphire Natural Grass Green Vivid with yellow and green flash

Cotton fibers from the stone packing cases may be photographed on the stone.  Fibers are noted looking through the stone (not inclusions)

Type: Sapphire Natural

Origin: Dak Lak, Vietnam

Weight: 2.21

Color: Grass Green Vivid with yellow and green flash

Cut: Oval (Foreign Cut -nugget style)

Clarity: VVS

Size: 6.59 x 8 mm

Treatments: Cut then Heat treated - no effect (Phillipsburg Montana)

Genealogy: Miner to Broker in Saigon. FOco Gems cutting

Hardness: 9

Source: Broker 1 Saigon

Comments: Great color green in this gem. This stone was part of an experiment to evaluate heat treating techniques for various deposits in Vietnam. In this case - no effect. The original rough was 3.77 cts. This cut to a 0.715 Cts gem retaining 19% of the original

Cotton fibers from the stone packing cases may be photographed on the stone.