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About Us IDAHO OPALS & MONTANA SAPPHIRES! Welcome to the Montana Gems website (Formerly Opal Mountain Gems). From a hobby interest, we've built a family business around the enjoyment we get from finding gems as a family. Located in Philipsburg, near the Gem Mountain sapphire deposit, we are fortunate to have access to such things like sapphire, moss agate, garnet, opal, sunstone and many others. Because we all found such enjoyment with this, we chose to start a family business where we could work together and bring these treasures to you. We know many other people have similar interests and hope this website will allow us to share our finds with those that appreciate a beautiful rock as much as we do. Many of the Montana sapphires we offer will be natural, untreated gemstones. We find great beauty in the natural colors of the Montana Sapphire with a brilliance of a well cut diamond. Many sapphires will benefit from the heat treating process to help in clarity and color and will result in a very fine specimen as well. Both the natural and treated Montana sapphire comes in every color of the rainbow, yellow, pink, white, gold, green, parti-color (multi-colored) and of course, blue-every shade! Most often the natural stones will have a more delicate shade than their heat treated counter-parts. Heat treating may also cause some brittleness in the stone but in general, a sapphire is a very durable gem and should bring you years of enjoyment. Only you will know which stone truly appeals to you in color and brilliance and with Montana sapphires, there are a lot of choices. Please be assured that all of our stones will be clearly marked if there has been any treatment or enhancement done to them. We take pride in creating jewelry with gems that were made in USA!
At Home Mining Info MONTANA SAPPHIRE GRAVEL Bringing you unwashed sapphire gravel from 3 Montana Sapphire deposits! The sapphire material we offer is still in the virgin state and is brought in from private claims on the El Dorado Bar of the Missouri River, Helena Area, from Melee Gulch in the Sapphire Mountains of Philipsburg and we also carry <strong>Yogo</strong> Dike material from the Roberts mine near Judith Basin, Utica, Montana. The sapphires found in the El Dorado Bar of the Missouri River range from 1 to 12 carats, with the largest to date being 34.7carats! <strong>Sapphires</strong> from this deposit tend to run larger than Rock Creek gems but are tough to spot due to their rough shape and muted colors amongst the river gravel. El Dorado sapphires come in a wide range of colors, with several color-shift stones being produced. You may find an occasional ruby, garnet, and/or hematite specimen. Often the hematite has replaced various seeds, nuts even clam shells and give you a fossilized impression that's quite interesting and fun to add to your collection. This material may also contain small flakes of gold, fossils or petrified wood. Virgin Rock Creek sapphire material from the Mountains of Philipsburg provides another flavor or sapphire mining. This deposit is rich in clay, making it a little tougher to wash clean but the sapphires have a more polished look due to weathering, making them easier to spot. They come in every color of the rainbow but tend to be light blues and greens, resembling sea-glass or old coke bottles. Bags of sapphire gravel are available in our store to screen on premise in our outside screening area. If you can't make it here, gravel shipping usually costs about $10 per box using USPS Priority flat rate boxes.
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