Light Green Montana Sapphire

Green sapphires come in all shapes sizes and color tones.

Light green montana sapphire.

Usually lacking in purple tones they exhibit a gray tint and are notorious color shifters colors varying with the light source they are under. Most of the sapphires from montana are a pale green to blue green when they are mined with very limited numbers of deep blues and other fancy colors such as yellow orange violet and pink. Blue sapphire is the traditional birthstone of september and is very durable making a sapphire ring suitable for every day wear. Today miners search for the very stones that many of their own prospecting ancestors had unwittingly tossed to the wayside on an 1860 s era path to riches only in search for gold.

Montana sapphires have remarkable color and brilliance. Montana sapphires have a long and exciting history. Green sapphires are extremely durable when compared to other green gemstones like emeralds or tsavorite garnet. Our green sapphires range from a light mint and lime hue to deep earthy greenish brown colors.

If you don t know about the history of montana sapphires please have a look at our education page here. Eragem has an extensive selection of recently sourced blue green sapphires and specifically montana origin sapphires set in repurposed vintage and contemporary mountings. If you re looking for something truly made in the usa look no further than these exciting and rare colors that only mother nature can provide. The unique color of blue montana sapphires reminds you of a favorite pair of jeans or your favorite pair of blue eyes.

Sapphire mining in montana is an echo of the original gold rush.