How To Spot A Sapphire - Identify Gems Quick & Easily!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- On today's episode, our host Rebecca lets you in on the secrets the pros use to pick out sapphire from all other gems! If you've wanted all the secrets and tips on how to spot ID or test for sapphire then luckily for you we are here to help! Today we have tons of tips, tricks, and information so that you are fully prepared to find those sapphires out there!
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I think Rebecca is a Gem.
Yes precious gem
U got dat shit right
Your comment is priceless
agreed 😌
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Yes, as a gemmologist wannabe, please post more of these helpful videos. I’ll go to school eventually but want to get a head start. 🙏🏻
I agree. I definitely would like to see more educational videos like this one.
Wannabe here too!
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Good to know! But don't forget about hardness too - since corundum is one of the hardest minerals on Earth, it should be able to scratch just about any other mineral (except diamond).
Gemmologist try to stay away from using the scratch test for obvious reasons. Mineralogists, however, have no such restriction as they do not typically deal with expensive gem quality specimens.
I wish there were classes for people who do gemstones as hobbies as opposed to professionals that would be awesome but this channel is very very helpful thanks again
my son got me an unknown but beautiful crystal for the holidays. based on the information provided in this video, the crystal checks out to be sapphire 🎉 i love youtube, i’ll still ask my moms neighbor lol she’s a jeweler. but i’m thankful for the info regardless 😇
I cant wait to hit the gem fields up the road from me and look for sapphires!!!! I hope i get as lucky as the the guy in the news last week whom found an 800 carat beauty out there hehehehehe awesome video thanks for sharing
Great advice, yes, eyes first. I trust the refractometer. Look for hexagonal banding, curves show synthetic. Thanks for sharing.
I'd love for you to feature white sapphires as a diamond alternative. Or just do a video on selecting the best diamond alternative for durability and value. So it's for the purpose of enjoying them as jewelry where the same sized diamonds would cost a fortune.
I used to have this beautiful oval cut deep blue sapphire ring that my grandmother gave me for my birthday, but the gold band got crushed so I put it in my grandmother’s jewelry box to keep it safe until we could get it fixed, and when that day came it was missing. We never found it 😔
felt. sad. love .
Thanks Rebecca. Being an amateur I find receiving such summing up hints really helpful.
Another succinct class on gemstones. Keep them coming a great explanation. Thanks! Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒
I have no practical use for this knowledge, but I find it fascinating. And Rebecca's a great presenter btw.
Great video Rebecca. Loving the dark hair, and how confident you’ve become in these fun videos. Hope everyone at the Jtv studios, and your family are doing well.
💎I always wondered how you identify similar looking gems and this really helps!! Thank you!!💙
Never been a fan of the blue sapphires. Pink are my favorite or the bronze star. When it comes to garnets, the tsavorite a green garnet is my favorite. I have a 50+ carat gemmy rough one. I refuse to have it cut. This video makes me appreciate sapphires more though.
Believe me you just haven’t seen the “right one” is the Only reason you’re not liking blue sapphires yet! 100 💯 %😢🎉❤😊
I really love your segments,it enlightens me so much,keep up the good work of sharing your knowledge so valuable.
I know it's unaccesible to most, but the best (most definitive) method would be to acquire a quick raman spectrum, or chemical composition with XRF or EPMA.
Excellent presentation
Thank you! Great presentation !
I recently started looking into purchasing a yellow/orange sapphire. This video taught me so much about checking gems. Thank you!
My birthstone is sapphire!! Love it!!
Such a great informative vid!!! Love y’all!
Another cute video guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good explanation
it's awesome Demonstration😊
Sapphires are one of awesome gem stone
Thank you for your video, so much info, I just subscribed.
I'm glad to see this series coming back. I'm excited to see the others
I am a newbie so videos are awesome
Thank u very much… beautiful video…
Outstanding. Thank you.
Thanks a lot for your great explanation.. Expecting more videos plz.
Love blue 💙
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Good explain thanks lot "observation First"
Wonderful video! Thank you
Glad you liked it!
I love anything blue or green, so cool!
Beautiful stones.
sugarloaf sapphire are beautiful
By far your video is the most informative, thanks 🙏.
Glad you think so!
Wonderful
No mention of UV light reaction.
This is great! Thanks. More please. :)
Never mentioned that sapphires can be a multitude of colours. I live in central Queensland and there is a huge area here that contains sapphires. Many are particoloured stones.
Yes, im surprised she neglected to talk about that. I love different colored sapphires. The colors I love most are deep pink, yellow and purple.
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How do you tell the difference between a lab created and natural sapphire?? Does anyone know!
The growth pattern of the crystal structure will be rounded or wavy on the lab grown, and straight lines on the natural.
Also florescence may be different between natural and synthetic stones.
A total lack of inclusion suggests synthetic, warrant for sending the sample to advanced lab for further testing. Also fluorescence patten may differ between natural and synthetic stones.
So the wavy lines of a lab grown and the straight lines on a natural are visible by using a lube or just by looking at the stone?
What blue gem(s) would fluores orange?
Several might, including sodalite. Check out our video here to see Afghanite: th-cam.com/video/jOMqVLpdISE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much.Have a good luck.
My favorite. 💙
I have a 3.21 royal blue Salon Sapphire for sale with three carats of VVS diamonds the ring is 18 karat gold absolutely gorgeous what's the best way to sell it
can silk be angular also ?
Amazing channel in TH-cam
Always interesting and appreciated, Thank you. But that mike! Your voice isn't that harshly sharp!
Very interesting! Which tool is best for a novice Rock Hound?
Loupe...always start with close observation.
@@gems I have one. Plus a diamond tester, and a Gem Tester. I think I'm trying to determine the types of stones. Likebis it an Almadine garnet etc...
Thanks! I find your videos very informative and fun!
I have a pair of earrings that are solid white gold, real diamond halos and about 2 carats each blue stone - they are the corn flower blue - so not dark sapphire and I’m dying to know if they are real sapphires!
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That was wonderful, but what if your stone is lab created. What helps us to determine if its a natural or lab created stone. And not all of us can afford or have access to any of these machines. i have a loupe, but thats it. Sapphires come in so many different colors naturally, and you talked briefly about dichroism, how do we know how to facet a gem, to bring out the best color possible?
There are a few observable indications of a lab grown sapphire, including curved growth lines and little torpedo shaped growth bubbles...but these aren't always apparent, nor the same for different growth methods. Spotting synthetics can be very complicated. We've touched on it before, and will do again...The same can also be said for cutting methods to bring out the best color, but we will do our best to address that soon.
Would a scratch test be useful?
Does a glowing blue sapphire means it's bad quality or the opposite
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GemTastic!!
I just brought a sapphire ring, when i saw through the small lens i cannot see inside except dark blue in the surface. I wonder if it is real.
hello good day and happy new year greetings from connecticut you know i would like to ask you please i used the diamond tester the presidium multi tester 3 on a rough blue sapphire. It is gigantic but the tester gives me as if it were a diamond and it is in almost all the rock. Could you guide me a little more about this? Diamond. Thanks for your patience. I have the basic tools but I don't have a microscope to see it in more detail.
When we see sapphire in microscope are those horizontal hexagonal should be mandatory
I have blue stone here in the Philippines
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i have big one blue stone
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i have gamston
Sapphires come in many colors, not only blue.
Yes! But we decided to start with the most recognizable form, since this is just supposed to be a basic primer on identification
Moving around like Michael J. Fox
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Sapphire also has difference 95 colors.
no mention of mohs hardness ...
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لو سمحت ؤختي الكريمة،من فضلك لا تفوتي علينا فهم فيديوهاتك النيرة و المهمة جدا؛ نريد ترجمتا ب اللغة الفرنسية و العربية؛ جزاك الله خيرا و عافية علي اهتمامك ب المبتدئين في هاذ المجال.
That moving background is so disturbing .
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Seems a bit complicated to me. Fun, but complicated.
Well, we tried to keep it easy and basic. It can get a lot more complicated when you get into treatments and synthetics.
sooo its not quick nor easy
Where can I find that absorption chart shown for various stones?
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live by th sg, die by the scratch. your welcome.
You're better off with glass
I have some blue rocks back home i will send to u the biggest one free if u told me what is it …
خریداران یاقوت یا کوراندوم همسرم یک کوراندوم آبی برای فروش داره میتونین پیام بزارین به وزن 200 گرم
Seriously....look through sapphire, if it has bubbles its fake, if not, check for silk and you have a sapphire. This goes for most of gemstones. No need for 7 min video explaining all that lol
you need a new mic. this one makes your voice annoying.
i like the information you provide ; however, your presentation skills need honing. DON''T JIGGLE AROUND SO MUCH!! Your jerky movements are very annoying and distract from the information you are trying to convey.
Being Natalie back. I have a huge crush on her.
I have sapphire gold 🪙