Anyone have Gold Sheen Sapphire jewelry?

[digdeep]

There seems to be a lot of rough available for purchase, but it is like most rough in that it is not all that desirable before polishing/cutting. Some of the polished gems do look interesting...... I'm wondering if anyone has actually seen this IRL? If so, what was the takeaway?

 

[MollyMalone]

I thought @Seaglow had purchased one, but when I did a search to retrieve her post(s) about it, I now see that she took pics but didn't purchase one at the time -- although maybe she has since done so & I missed later posts about it?
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/seaglows-finds.227317/page-9

 

[digdeep]

You are such a good sleuth! This is the stuff and the story is what I'd read too. Seaglow? Your opinion on this rock? Anyone else?

 

[Seaglow]

I thought @Seaglow had purchased one, but when I did a search to retrieve her post(s) about it, I now see that she took pics but didn't purchase one at the time -- although maybe she has since done so & I missed later posts about it?
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/seaglows-finds.227317/page-9

You are such a good sleuth! This is the stuff and the story is what I'd read too. Seaglow? Your opinion on this rock? Anyone else?

I actually purchased one of those rounds. Lol.

There is only one main dealer for the gold sheen sapphire and John Hardy uses this stuff on their designs.

All supply from the Kenyan mine are hoarded by said dealer, I heard the mine is depleted or dangerous to access so all rough are stored. Some stones look like glorified tiger’s eye but some patterns are indeed interesting. The dealer had priced the stuffs per carat dependening of how pleasing the sheen and patterns are so some will be more than triple in price than others.

Definitely a designer stone or collector stone. The sapphires are opaque though but will work for certain tastes but the not-so-nice ones, the designers might not be taking, thus I think the market dump if you see them around...but since they’re roughs....maybe there’s a new find at the mine?

 

[digdeep]

Thanks Seaglow.........to me it looks like a gold version of labradorite....would that be a fair assessment? I'm sure they are grading the rough that is being sold, but that's a good question as to how there is rough available.......or whether it's even worth having someone cab it if it may be lower quality? Hmmmmm........

 

[Seaglow]

Thanks Seaglow.........to me it looks like a gold version of labradorite....would that be a fair assessment? I'm sure they are grading the rough that is being sold, but that's a good question as to how there is rough available.......or whether it's even worth having someone cab it if it may be lower quality? Hmmmmm........

The surface luster is adamantine, better than labradorite.

 

[digdeep]

You must be one of the very few that have actually seen this stuff! Tucson is going from a penciled idea to ink on the calendar..........my list is growing on what I'd like to see or buy there.

 

[MollyMalone]

I actually purchased one of those rounds. Lol.
There is only one main dealer for the gold sheen sapphire and John Hardy uses this stuff on their designs.

All supply from the Kenyan mine are hoarded by said dealer, I heard the mine is depleted or dangerous to access so all rough are stored. Some stones look like glorified tiger’s eye but some patterns are indeed interesting. The dealer had priced the stuffs per carat dependening of how pleasing the sheen and patterns are so some will be more than triple in price than others. * * *

Since you have one of your own & seen others "up close and personal," I'm wondering if you think it would be pretty easy to create, and pass off (at least without a lab report), fake ones -- like putting a Mystic topaz-type coating over, say, rutilated quartz? Seems scams are likely to bloom when the genuine stones are in limited, tightly controlled supply -- and since these sapphires are being touted by some on the Internet as a fantabulous financial investment. But maybe I'm being unduly apprehensive.

 

[Seaglow]

Since you have one of your own & seen others "up close and personal," I'm wondering if you think it would be pretty easy to create, and pass off (at least without a lab report), fake ones -- like putting a Mystic topaz-type coating over, say, rutilated quartz? Seems scams are likely to bloom when the genuine stones are in limited, tightly controlled supply -- and since these sapphires are being touted by some on the Internet as a fantabulous financial investment. But maybe I'm being unduly apprehensive.

I think the closest resemblance is tiger’s eye in terms of color but the pattern is quite different. I can see a doublet happen if it will be imitated.

Apart from rarity, for a gem to be valuable, there should be substantial demand or an active niche market for it. This type of sapphire is opaque so I’m not sure that it will be an “investment gem”, most investment gems are transparent and beautiful, though the aesthetics of this stone is not bad, it’s not mainstream taste.

 

[MollyMalone]

I think the closest resemblance is tiger’s eye in terms of color but the pattern is quite different. I can see a doublet happen if it will be imitated.

Apart from rarity, for a gem to be valuable, there should be substantial demand or an active niche market for it. This type of sapphire is opaque so I’m not sure that it will be an “investment gem”, most investment gems are transparent and beautiful, though the aesthetics of this stone is not bad, it’s not mainstream taste.

Thank you so much for your informed, and informative, thoughts, really appreciate it!

 

[Anne111]

Yes, thanks for the endless novelties everyone!!!! Never heard of, nor imagined such type of sapphire even existed...