I have an unusual stone.  



It is a very beautiful UNHEATED blue sapphire.  This sapphire has a report from an independent gemological laboratory that states there is no evidence of heat treatment.  If you prefer a report from a different laboratory of course that is not a problem.  Labs like AIGS, GRS, GIT, and others are available.  Just inquire about the time and costs- some can take up to 8 weeks.



Please inquire if you need more information on this stone.  I am a GIA Graduate Gemologist and I understand my obligation to describe stones accurately and to disclose any treatments.  This blue sapphire is untreated.  It was mined from the earth, cut and polished.  No heat, no dye, no high temperature lattice (Be) diffusion, no fissures filled with foreign substances.

American customers can call me at 800 607 1425.  My wife and I are in the office from 10A to 5P Monday to Friday Bangkok time.  When we are not in the office this number goes to voicemail so feel free to leave a message.  We will get back with you.  


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The tanzanite is SOLD

If I don't take my medicine in the morning, by early afternoon I have a splitting headache.  I have dealt with Swiss Pharmacy for maybe 3 years?  I have never gotten a bad pill- not even once.  This is 365 days per year times 3 years, so I have taken over 1,000 of their capsules.  It is exactly the same medicine as I get from my pharmacy it is just ONE HECK of a lot cheaper.  Plus no doctor visit.  I have taken this medicine for 15 years so I don't need a doctor to see me and collect his fees just so I can keep taking it. 

I have done many orders with Swiss Pharmacy and they are extremely reliable. 

I also have a magnificent 3.02 carat pear-shaped tanzanite.  Beautiful color and very good brilliance make this a great choice!



An independent laboratory report is available for this gemstone as well.  Please inquire for details.

OK, I have the unheated Mozambican pigeon's blood ruby in my hand!



This report is signed by none other than Dr. A. Peretti.









This is a remarkable gemstone with extremely saturated red color.  In fact, it is "pigeon's blood" red which is the top color in ruby.  This gemstone is not treated at all- not with heat or anything else.  This is a 100% natural vivid red color.  This stone was mined from the earth, cut and polished.  That's all- 100% natural ruby with world-class color as stated by the independent laboratory report.  Dr. Adolph Peretti is among the most highly respected gemologists in the world and his laboratory, GRS/Swisslab of Lucerne, Switzerland is among the world's elite in issuing independent reports of fine quality gemstones, particularly ruby and sapphire.  Dr. Peretti is one of the world's foremost authorities on corundum and has done extensive research of nearly all of the significant ruby mines on the planet.

As a GIA Graduate Gemologist, I understand my obligations to describe gemstones accurately and to disclose all relevant treatments.  That is easy work on this stone as the pictures are as descriptive as anything I could write and the treatment is very straightforward: there isn't any.

If you have any questions about this ruby or any other gemstone, please contact me.  I would be happy to talk with you about any topic related to gemstones, especially our specialties which are ruby, sapphire, and emerald.  

I also have a toll-free phone number for my American clients:  800-607-1425.  My wife and I are in the office here in the gemstone district of Silom, Bangkok from 10AM to 5PM Mon-Fri Bangkok time.  If you are overseas but not in the USA, you can dial me at +66 2-635-8585.  That rings on my desk.

Please get in touch!

Dave
 

Price always matters.  I want to keep you as a client for the long haul.  A small profit on many stones is better than a big profit on one stone.

That is a beautiful ruby if you like synthetic stones.  I am actually a fan of them because you can get beautiful color for a very low price, and also they are very clean- high clarity.  Some people don't realize that synthetic ruby has the same chemical components as natural ruby, it has the same physical and optical properties and the same structure.  It is actually REAL ruby, but the crystal was grown in a lab instead of by the earth.  

If you want to see how flame-fusion ruby is made, just follow this link:

http://www.yourgemologist.com/FlameFusion/verneuil.html

It is truly amazing!  In essence it is nothing but powdered aluminum oxide (with chromium added for the red color) through a flame which liquifies it and then it drops on a moving platform and hardens.  This Verneuil fellow was obviously very bright to accomplish this in 1902!

This is the ruby that will be for sale on Thursday.  I have pictures of the report, but I don't have the stone in my hand yet because the owner is away until Thursday.  Right now is the busy gemstone show season here with Bangkok just ending and the Hong Kong show just beginning, so many dealers are out of their offices.  That means some lag in getting the right stones.



Here is the addendum with color details designating "pigeon's blood" color.  This is the rarest of all ruby.  To have not only pigeon's blood but also UNHEATED is exceptionally rare and highly desirable in the marketplace.  This is not only pigeon's blood, but it wasn't cooked or treated with chemicals to get that color.  It was only mined, cut, and polished.  No other treatment whatsoever.



The signature that you see belongs to none other than Dr. A. Peretti, a foremost corundum expert.  If anyone is interested in ruby I would encourage you to visit Dr. Peretti's site and learn more.  It is a fabulous resource.  I especially appreciate the inclusion pictures on his site as when you are a gemologist the learning never stops.  The field trips that he takes and the degree to which he documents idiosyncracies in material between different sources is hugely helpful to me when I have a stone in my hand or under the microscope. 

http://www.gemresearch.ch/inclusions/index.htm

That is an inclusion page, but you will find a lot more if you click around.  The report verification page is critical if you are buying a gemstone with a GRS report.  GRS reports ARE FAKED so make sure yours is legitimate!

Definitely we deal in tanzanite.  I would be happy to check prices for you.  I have another client asking about three carat so I might as well look for you at the same time.  Do you know what shape you want?  Maybe oval or cushion?

I will have a new ruby to post very soon- might be on Thursday.  .99 carats with independent laboratory report from GRS/Swisslab.

This 1.27 carat ruby is now SOLD

Thanks Salty!  I guess in time I will build trust up too.  Obviously doing escrow helps because you can turn over a lot of transactions.

I know you can't trust the system 100%, but negative trust ratings are sure red flags!  I am very careful with anyone who has negatives.

 

Salty how do you have so much trust?  Is it because after a transaction you encourage people to leave trust?  I have been on here a long time and sold many, many items- both stones and custom jewelry- and I have only two trust!  I feel inadequate.

Salty you are too kind!

Yes I do.  I will send you a PM.

Bitcoin is very valuable and that's why we always encourage gemstone buyers to get an independent laboratory report.  If you are going to spend bitcoin you don't want to buy a piece of glass, or some synthetic material (hydrothermally grown emerald is EXTREMELY convincing).  You want to get value for your coins.  Top quality gemstones never go out of style.  They are as prized today as they were at least 6,000 years ago.  We even have evidence of heat treatment by the ancient Egyptians.  They heated amethyst in the fire to make citrine.

A lot of gemstone companies these days are offering bogus certificates.  Don't fall for it!!!

You are better off getting a serious, independent assessment of your gemstone by an independent laboratory.  Because the gemstone trade is so important here, there are many labs to choose from.  We have very highly regarded labs that use sophisticated gemological science and also well-trained, critically thinking gemologists.  Bangkok has the best.  Everyone from GIA to GRS (Swisslab) run by the world-renowned Dr. Peretti to Tokyo Gem Lab and GIT, AIGS (one of the most famous gemological teaching centers in the world) all run a very sophisticated laboratory with every instrument imaginable to help their gemologists describe the stone with extraordinary accuracy.  Cost of the reports vary, sometimes wildly so ask me if you want to know cost on these.  

Also look at the professional associations that your gemstone dealer is affiliated with.  We are proud members of the Jeweler's Ethics Association, and we strive to describe every stone with a great deal of accuracy.  We know that treatments need to be disclosed and whether it is an emerald or a ruby or a sapphire, we tell you what treatments they have undergone when we offer a gemstone for sale.

We also sold a magnificent quality emerald lately.  This is the Zambian material that is treated only with colorless oil, so it is highly prized in the trade.  All I could manage was a cell pic but it isn't a bad image, it just doesn't show how clear the stone is in real life.  Because the clarity is so high, you see detailed brilliance.  The color is amazing, and this material is extremely competitively priced if you have shopped Colombian stones. With vanadium as the coloring agent, instead of Colombian emerald which is colored by chromium, the color is a vivid, striking slightly bluish-Green.  



My wife and I have a brand new office, and are transitioning from being "Tip Top Gem", as so many people knew us, to Paragon Universal Trade Co., Ltd, which is our newly established office in the gemstone district in Silom.  Looking across from the 8th floor where my office is, you can see this view of the 67-story Jewelry Trade Center, the epicenter of the world's gemstone trade.  I am a 60-second walk to the trade center.



This is my darling, the CEO, at her desk.  

Also just sold a pigeon's blood ruby lately with an independent laboratory report stating pigeon's blood color.




The photo above does the stone no justice.  it is one of the purest reds i've ever seen.  Just extraordinarily vivid.