Quartz Imitation of Star Sapphire

Journal of Gemmology
Written By Precious Braswell
Photo by Bilal Mahmood.

Photo by Bilal Mahmood.

One blue cabochon a client assumed was a star sapphire was found to be natural colorless star quartz with a special blue backing that helped it pass for a sapphire.

More research about this unique stone was published in The Journal of Gemmology, Volume 36, No 4, pp 288-289. See below for the article!

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Precious Braswell
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