Montana State Gemstone Sapphire

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Montana state gemstone sapphire.

Montana sapphire ranks nine on the mohs scale of hardness. In the late 1880s yogo city was like a ghost town. Two gemstones sapphire and agate have been so popular in montana that the state legislature designated them as official state gemstones in 1969. Agate is polished not cut to make gemstones and jewelry.

All state gems gemstones. Specializing in yogo sapphires. Pastel hues are frequently seen within this gem. The hundreds of people who had come to the town looking for gold had deserted it.

Montana state gemstone yogo sapphire al 2 o 3 adopted in 1969. Montana sapphires and montana agates have shared honors as the state s gemstones since 1969. Shop a large selection of sapphire rings bracelets pendants and loose stones. Since then millions of carats of montana sapphires have been produced and at least one million cut stones have entered the jewelry trade.

Recognition was a long time in coming. Only a few people remained. Sapphire is also the state gemstone of montana. State gemstones sapphire and agate.

Sapphires which were thrown away by miners in the gold rush days are now the most valuable gemstones found in america. Montana designated the sapphire as an official state gem stone in 1969. Yogo is the rarest of all sapphires. Montana s sapphires mostly found in western montana look like bright blue glass and are cut like diamonds to make jewelry.

Sapphires were discovered in montana in the 1860s. A century earlier the small multi colored sapphires angered early placer miners by clogging gold sluices in such places as el dorado bar east of. Yogo city had been one of the least productive areas for gold mining in all of montana. Montana sapphire ranges in color from blue blue green teal and green.

Montana sapphire occurs in the rock creek district of montana. Montana designated both the sapphire and montana agate as the official state gemstones of montana in 1969.