beaujolais
Ideal_Rock
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Can a sapphire really, really look like a tanzanite? I bought a sapphire from Multicolor recently. It was described as light bluish purple on their site. Received it, it''s beautiful but it absolutely looks like a tanzanite. I just had it set and the jeweler said he believes it''s tanzanite.
I wish I could post a photo but my camera does not have macro.
What might be the visual differences between sapphire and tanzanite?
Also wondering, how does a gemologist tell for sure what a stone is? Diamonds have diamond testers but I don''t think there are tanzanite testers.
Thanks.
Note that I do not mean any negativity towards the vendor. This is a beautiful stone and the price was great.
I wish I could post a photo but my camera does not have macro.
What might be the visual differences between sapphire and tanzanite?
Also wondering, how does a gemologist tell for sure what a stone is? Diamonds have diamond testers but I don''t think there are tanzanite testers.
Thanks.
Note that I do not mean any negativity towards the vendor. This is a beautiful stone and the price was great.