9 PIECE WHOLESALE LOT OF OVAL FACETED CUT PRECIOUS BLUE KASHMIR SAPPHIRES / VERY RARE GEMSTONES

NATURAL OVAL FACETED CUT LOOSE GEMSTONE PARCEL CONSISTING OF 9 MATCHING PRECIOUS SAPPHIRES. EACH SAPPHIRE MEASURES 6X4 MM AND THE LOT HAS A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 7.85 CARATS. THESE BEAUTIFUL SAPPHIRES HAVE SATURATED INK BLUE COLOR WHICH KASHMIR SAPPHIRES ARE PRIZED FOR. ALL OF THE SAPPHIRES HAVE EYE CLEAN TO NEAR EYE CLEAN TRANSLUCENT CLARITY. ALL OF THE SAPPHIRES IN THIS LOT WERE SALVAGED FROM AN ANTIQUE BROACH AND ARE IN BRAND NEW CONDITION. SINCE THE KASHMIR MINE IS NO LONGER PRODUCING THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY KNOWLEDGEABLE GEMSTONE BUYER. KASHMIR IS KNOWN AS THE MINE THAT PRODUCED THE HIGHEST QUALITY SAPPHIRES IN THE WORLD. STONES FROM THIS MINE ARE SO PERFECT EVERYBODY FROM ROYALTY TO CELEBRITIES PREFERRED THEM IN THEIR PIECES EVEN MORE THAN DIAMONDS IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES. HOWARD HUGHES (THE AIRLINE MOGUL AND CELEBRITY AVIATOR) WAS KNOWN TO HAVE A FASCINATION WITH THE STONES BECAUSE HE CONSIDERED THEM TO BE PERFECT. SAPPHIRES FROM THIS REGION HAVE SATURATED COLOR OFTEN DESCRIBED AS INKY ALONG WITH EYE CLEAN CLARITY. IT IS THE ONLY MINE IN RECORDED HISTORY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BLUE SAPPHIRES WITH SUCH AMAZING COLOR THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE HEAT TREATED. THE LACK OF HEATING SAPPHIRES WITH COLOR SUCH AS THESE LEAVES THE NATURAL SILKY GEMMY APPEARANCE EXPERIENCED GEMOLOGISTS CRAVE. KASHMIR SAPPHIRES ARE MINED FROM A REGION PLAGUES WITH CONFLICT SITTING BETWEEN THE PAKISTANI AND INDIAN BORDER. A DISPUTE OVER THE LAND HAS CAUSED SMALL BATTLES AND ON AND OFF MORTER SHELLING FOR DECADES. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE MINES DEPLETION HAS CAUSED THESE STONES TO BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AND THEIR PRICES DOUBLE - TRIPLE EACH PASSING DECADE.