Soviet Blue Sapphire, Vintage Flame Fusion Stones Stone:Round, 10.6mm, 6.8ct 5) and durability

5) and durability

A few have chips and/or cracks and range in size from small pucks to large rods and cores

Christmas garnet is one of our top materials

These are faceted stones cut from labmade blue sapphire sourced from an old soviet collection

These are red-green christmas garnets cut in brilliant version of our RetroHex™ cuts

Soviet Blue Sapphire, Vintage Flame Fusion Stones Stone:Round, 10.6mm, 6.8ct 5) and durabilityThese are faceted stones cut from labmade blue sapphire sourced from an old soviet collection. As these were grown for jewelry they range between different shades and intensities, some leaning more purple. Many of these stones have some small color shifts as well, depending on lighting, but they all stay in the blue or slightly purplish blue range. Some of them are bubbly, or show ripples from the growth process. Many of the paler stones show a