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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 1036343, member: 5833&quot;]It is most likely lab grown.&nbsp; Lab corundum has been on the market for 100+ years.&nbsp; Crystals grown now are huge.&nbsp; Worth more than glass; far less than a mined stone.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got interested in color change sapphires, the ones you see being sold as alexandrite, &amp; did some Internet research on the history.&nbsp; Found most people selling jewellery now do not recognize them for what they are.&nbsp; One person I found at a vintage jewellery show who did know one when he saw it said at his company they had been popping them out of their settings for the meltdown value of the gold &amp; throwing the stones away, until he decided they were pretty &amp; started keeping a pile on his desk.&nbsp; Most people regard them a little more highly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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