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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 4531469, member: 51"]Unreal in a junk bag! Your lucky day. Looks super, super promising and a great find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does the stone actually switch on and off to mocha brown when you tilt it in good light? I'm only asking because I do see the blue and brown look to yours-- but wondered if the brown-like color was coming through from the back, reflecting off of the gold. If it has that effect where you can make it "look more brown" by tilting the angle, definitely a saphiret. And these older ones are highly collected.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still have a few photos from my best ever Saphiret find. At times I regret having sold it, but it went to Japan for $450, and theoretically I'm in the resale business, so at the time was thrilled with the sale. Only later realized how rare these old ones are. Had and early repair on one replaced Saphiret, but didn't seem to impact the auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]400517[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]400519[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 4531469, member: 51"]Unreal in a junk bag! Your lucky day. Looks super, super promising and a great find. Does the stone actually switch on and off to mocha brown when you tilt it in good light? I'm only asking because I do see the blue and brown look to yours-- but wondered if the brown-like color was coming through from the back, reflecting off of the gold. If it has that effect where you can make it "look more brown" by tilting the angle, definitely a saphiret. And these older ones are highly collected. I still have a few photos from my best ever Saphiret find. At times I regret having sold it, but it went to Japan for $450, and theoretically I'm in the resale business, so at the time was thrilled with the sale. Only later realized how rare these old ones are. Had and early repair on one replaced Saphiret, but didn't seem to impact the auction. [ATTACH=full]400517[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]400519[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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