More Sapphires!

More lovely fair trade sapphires, this time in slightly larger sizes -

5.75mm, ~1.0 carat each

6.25mm, ~1.2 carat each

6.25mm, ~1.1 carat each

 

6.25mm, ~1.1 carat

 

6.75mm, ~1.45 carat 

 

6.75mm, ~1.5 carat

6.0mm, ~1.0 carat each

 

6.5mm, ~1.1 carat each

New Stones

At long last, I have found a source for at least a limited supply of ethically sourced labradorite. Behold! :-)

 7mm x 5mm

 16mm x 9mm

 15mm x 10mm

18mm x 15mm

New Stones

 Ethically sourced sapphires, 4.5mm

 Ethically sourced andalusite, 5mm

 Ethically sourced rose cut green moonstone

 Ethically sourced moonstone, 11mm and 10mm

 Ethically sourced moonstone, 8mm x 6mm

 Ethically sourced moonstone, 8mm

 Ethically sourced moonstone, 9mm

 Ethically sourced rose cut moonstone

 Ethically sourced spessartite garnet

Afghan tourmaline, 5mm

New Stones

 Fair trade sapphire, 5mm (0.8 carat)

Fair trade pink sapphire cabochons

 Fair trade sapphire, 5.5mm (0.8 carat)

  Fair trade sapphire, 5mm (0.6 carat)

  Fair trade sapphire, 5.7mm (1.0 carat)

  Fair trade sapphire, 5.5mm (0.8 carat)

Fair trade spinel cabochon, 10mm x 8mm, (3.6 carats)

More lovely sapphires

More lovely sapphires from my fair trade supplier; alas, once again I can't afford to keep them all, but at least I get to choose a few favorites... what do you think?

Fair trade Malawi sapphires, 5mm (2.27 total carat weight)

 Fair trade Malawi sapphire, 6mm (1.29 carats)

 Fair trade Malawi sapphires, 6mm (3.87 total carat weight)

 Fair trade Malawi sapphires, 6mm (3.93 total carat weight)

New(ish) Stones

 Afghan tourmaline, 5mm (0.5 carat)

 Fair trade Malawi teal sapphires, 5mm (~0.6 carat each)

 Fair trade sapphire, 4.5mm

 Fair trade sapphires, 5mm

 Zultanite, 6mm (above) and 7mm (below)

 Fair trade pink sapphire, 5.6mm

 Fair trade sapphires, 7mm x 5mm

Fair trade peridot, 7mm

New Stones

Limiting myself to working exclusively fair trade stones, no matter how noble my intentions may be, can sometimes make me feel artistically... limited. I see beautiful stones for sale that sing to me with design possibilities, but I won't buy them because I don't know their provenance (or worse yet, I do know and it's not good). So it's especially exciting when I ever-so-occasionally stumble across a new fair trade gemstone vendor, and better still when said new vendor has certain types of stones for sale that I've not had access to in the past. I am happy to say that I recently discovered such a source! Behold... :-)

Fair trade sapphire, 5mm, 0.7 carats

Fair trade sapphire, 5mm, 0.6 carats
You guys, it's purple!!!

Fair trade sapphire, 4.5mm, 0.3 carats

Fair trade ruby, 5mm, 0.7 carats

Fair trade spinel, 5mm, 0.5 carats

At the moment, all are up for grabs for custom orders, but I don't expect that to last for long before I can't resist just doing whatever I want with them. :-)

New Stones

Some drop-dead gorgeous new cabs (available for custom orders) -

Nevada turquoise (Ajax mine), 20mm x 10mm (6.33 ct.)

Nevada turquoise (Ajax mine), 22mm x 17mm (17.17 ct.)

Nevada turquoise (Ajax mine), 30mm x 15mm (14.23 ct.)

Nevada variscite (Blue Boy mine), 21mm x 9mm (6.77 ct.)

Nevada turquoise (Ajax mine), 16mm x 13mm (6.99 ct.)

Nevada variscite (Blue Boy mine), 21mm x 15mm (11.22 ct.)

Nevada variscite (Blue Boy mine), 26mm x 15mm (15.16 ct.)

Nevada variscite (Blue Boy mine), 26mm x 19mm (17.03 ct.)

Nevada turquoise (Ajax mine), 24mm x 13mm (16.51 ct.)

Nevada variscite (Blue Boy mine), 29mm x 9mm (13.19 ct.)

Hessonite garnet, 9mm (3.66 ct.)

California pink tourmaline, 13mm x 10mm (4.54 ct.)

And other miscellany -

6mm round Chatham lab-created padparadscha sapphire

Peruvian blue opal pendant, 19mm x 19mm (13.27 ct.)

Nevada variscite (Prince mine) pendant, 20mm x 13mm (12.4 ct.)

Pisco blue gem chrysocolla pendant, 30mm x 12mm (17.85 ct.)