ULTRA PRECIOUS AND VALUABLE OVAL CUT VIVID BLUE SAPPHIRE FROM YOGO GULCH MONTANA

NATURAL UNTREATED OVAL FACETED CUT SAPPHIRE WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND CORNFLOWER BLUE WITH SLIGHT VIOLET OVERTONE COLOR. MEASURES 4X3 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 0.20 CARATS. SAPPHIRES MINED FROM THE YOGO GULCH IN MONTANA ARE AMONG THE WORLDS FINEST AND MOST VALUABLE GEMSTONES. WITH WHOLESALE PRICES STARTING AROUND $800 A CARAT AND AS HIGH AS $80,000 A CARAT FOR GEM QUALITY SPECIMENS. YOGO GULCH SAPPHIRES NEVER SHOW COLOR BANDING MAKING THEM EASY TO DISTINGUISH AMONG SAPPHIRES FROM OTHER LOCATIONS. ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR VIBRANT SOMETIMES EVEN PASTEL BLUE COLORS WHICH OFTEN HAVE A SLIGHT PURPLE OR VIOLET OVERTONE. THE YOGO MINE IS NEARING DEPLETION AND THE COST OF MINING PER YIELD OUTPUT MAKES THE STONES EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE AND NOT PROFITABLE TO MINE. FOR THIS REASON THE MINE HAS NOT BEEN RAN COMMERCIALLY (AT A MAXIMUM OUTPUT) FOR YEARS. MANY GEMOLOGISTS AND THE MAJORITY OF JEWELERS IN THE WORLD MAY GO THEIR WHOLE CAREER NEVER EVEN SEEING ONE OF THESE ULTRA RARE GEMSTONES, AND OWNING ONE PUTS COLLECTORS IN WHOLE NEW CATEGORY OF GEMSTONE ENTHUSIAST SHOWING THEY HAVE AN EDUCATED TASTE IN THE WORLDS FINEST GEMSTONES OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN STREAM POPULAR GEMSTONES OFTEN FOUND AT TRADE SHOWS AND TELEVISION SHOPPING NETWORKS.