Sapphire Beads

[lonewoodminer]

Hello all,

Just came across these sapphire beads through one of our contacts in India - got a couple of sets just to see how they looked in real life. Hoping that we could use some of our lower grade sapphire in this way but not sure that we could compete on price. They look really great - have had trouble getting a good photo but here is one just for interest. Unbelievable that they could drill a hole and facet these gems (3 - 6.5 mm beads) in this way. We understand that the sapphires hail from Madagascar - they are a lighter blue than ours and the ones used here show some fracturing and inclusions typical of their lower grade material. However, they certainly look the part.

cheers
Andrew Lane

 

[fountainfairfax]

How interesting and cool!!!

I would love to see a row of sapphire beads like these used in a multi/rainbow necklace or bracelet, not a full necklace mind you, but just enough to see an amazing range of color, maybe w/a little plat or white gold accent on each end of the rainbow...how dreamy would that be???

Andrew, please let us know if you start to do any work with sapphire beads, I bet their potential for drop earrings would be wonderful!

 

[Kaleigh]

Looks to me that you found yourself a great find. I agree the potential for pretty drop earrings would be amazing, keep us posted.