Rare Montana Sapphire Post Earrings

Extremely rare pink Montana Sapphires set in Sterling Silver posts.

Stamped 925

From Vaughn Nagel

4 mm stones, 1 cttw

More gem-quality sapphires are produced in Montana than anywhere else in North America. Sapphires were first discovered in Montana in 1865, in alluvium along the Missouri River. Finds in other locations in the western half of the state occurred in 1889, 1892, and 1894. The Rock Creek location, near Phillipsburg, is the most productive site in Montana, and its gems inspired the name of the nearby Sapphire Mountains. In 1969, the sapphire was co-designated along with the agate as Montana's state gemstones. 

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