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Montana Rough Sapphires and Garnets #109180

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Montana Rough Sapphires and Garnets  #109180
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225.00USD+ (56.25) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2020 Jul 23 @ 10:15UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Mixed lot of rough sapphires and garnets likely hand winnowed from heavily weathered schistose rocks or recovered from placer deposits of Montana. All specimens are 1/4-inch-minus. Sapphires are colorless to very pale bluish green with a very few pinkish in hue. The garnets appear to be deep red (likely var. alamantine). Many have natural crystal faces present. The collection is grouped into five sets: Mostly garnets, 137 grams; Mostly sapphires, 76.8 grams; mostly garnets with numerous sapphires, 31.3 grams; mostly garnets with a few sapphires, 24.7 grams; and mostly sapphires, 15.0 grams. Final mineral identification is up to the buyer. State: Montana City: Date: