Post by Jenny on Jul 9, 2024 8:48:09 GMT -5
From this site about the treasure: web.archive.org/web/20210623235725/https://www.irocks.com/minerals/specimen/48126
....24 grams is large for such material. it could easily be cobbed into pieces, and the gem regions heat-treated to enhance color, and sold as gem rough. Thus, we rarely see such large sapphire crystals of this extraordinary quality for sale at any time on the market. This piece is old, from the 1980s or 1990s, and comes from the major private gemstone collection of Mike Scott. We have had and sold larger crystals, but not with the combination of gemminess and luster present here.
This sapphire has interesting provenance from the collection of Mike Scott, former president of Apple Inc who later became a huge gem collector and had suites of cut and rough crystals together, exhibited in the Bowers Museum for decades near LA.
....24 grams is large for such material. it could easily be cobbed into pieces, and the gem regions heat-treated to enhance color, and sold as gem rough. Thus, we rarely see such large sapphire crystals of this extraordinary quality for sale at any time on the market. This piece is old, from the 1980s or 1990s, and comes from the major private gemstone collection of Mike Scott. We have had and sold larger crystals, but not with the combination of gemminess and luster present here.
This sapphire has interesting provenance from the collection of Mike Scott, former president of Apple Inc who later became a huge gem collector and had suites of cut and rough crystals together, exhibited in the Bowers Museum for decades near LA.
