Seven Loose Gemstones

To include: an oval cut sapphire (12 x 10 x 6mm) weighing 7.08 carats (actual); an oval sapphire (8 x 6 x 3.8mm) weighing 2.02 carats (actual); an oval cut sapphire (8 x 6 x 2.98mm) weighing 1.43 carats (actual); an oval cut amethyst (13.1 x 10.8 x 7.3mm) weighing 6.00 carats (actual); an oval cut amethyst (14.2 x 11.3 x 7.3mm weighing 7.01 carats (actual); an oval cut amethyst (14 x 11.5 x 8.2mm) weighing 8.03 carats (actual); and an oval cut synthetic purple sapphire (18.6 x 12.4 x 7.38mm) weighing 15.6 carats (actual).

Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina

Sapphires with abrasions, nicks, and surface-reaching fractures; amethysts with nicks; synthetic purple sapphire with nicks and abrasions; all visible under 10x magnification.