Chatham Padparadscha Sapphire Crystals - over 50 cts!

Description

Beautiful Chatham
Padparadscha Sapphire Crystals
Total Carat Weight: more than 50 cts.
If you have a project requiring many small padparadscha sapphire crystals, this is for you!
Photos with ruler show approximately how many crystals you get in each packet.
Ruler in photo - each increment is a millimeter.
The photos are examples only.
Your packet will contain about the same number of crystals.
Most of these crystals are lower in quality than the larger crystals we sell; some are broken or odd-shaped. Many are platinum included (some externally, others internally).
Some can be faceted, others tumbled or cabbed. All of them can be mounted in jewelry.
Carroll Chatham is best known for his emerald creations. However, he also developed the process for growing beautiful sapphires and rubies, and passed his knowledge onto his sons. What we offer here are some of John Chatham’s (who kept the Chatham family secret flux-growth process going) wonderful padparadscha crystals.
You will note that there appears to be a play of colors depending on background and foreground lighting. This is typical of the Chatham ruby and sapphire gems. The padparadscha sapphires are perhaps the most tantalizing, new colors appearing as the gem is moved. It is just one more mark of the excellence which made Chatham famous.
All of our Chatham Padparadscha Crystals are corundum, just like natural padparadscha sapphires, with a hardness of 9 on the moh’s scale. The only noticeable inclusions might be some color zoning (which we think enhances their attractiveness and mystique), as well as small platinum crystals, a result of their long-time growth in platinum crucibles.
We combine shipping if you purchase more than one item at a time. We also give a 10% discount on orders of five items or more.
And don’t forget that we also sell Chatham Ruby Crystals, Chatham Emerald (crystals, clusters, and rough), synthetic corundum half-boules for faceting (Ruby Pink #1, Ruby Light Rose #3, Ruby Med. Rose #4, Ruby Dark Rose #5, Padparadscha #55, and Sapphire Blue #34), and Benitoite (a rare blue fluorescent gem from San Benito County, California).
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