what is this?

[Tropicmaster]

I ran into a term I am unfamiliar with today. What is an "Morion hydrothermal padparadscha sapphire" ? I am guessing it involes some kind of heat treatment?

 

[Ninama]

I'm pretty darned sure it means lab grown.... man made... synthetic.

Is this where you saw it?

http://www.gemshoppe.com/html/jewelry_gallery_9.html


Look here:

http://www.morioncompany.com/about.htm

"Morion Company offers the widest selection of Laboratory Created rough minerals and cut stones for jewelry. We provide traditional materials such as Cubic Zirconia, Colored Quartz ,Flame Fusion Corundum and Spinel as well as unique products such as Synthetic Diamonds, Tanzanite look-alike Created Forsterite, Hydrothermal Beryls, Ruby and Sapphire, Pulled Alexandrite, Synthetic Opal and many others."

 

[Tropicmaster]

Yep, thats where I saw it and what you are saying makes sense...I mean who is going to set CZ''z next to a real Pad? lol