Deep Color Titanium Laser Sapphire Facet Rough Lab Created Crystals, Padparadscha

These are pieces of deeper color pulled titanium sapphire, an unusual variety of sapphire grown for use in lasers with a padparascha-like orange-pink color (also called Ti:Sapphire or just Ti:Sapph). Some stones are individually lettered, while blocky pieces can be purchased by their weight range.

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This is a very unusual variety of sapphire, colored solely by titanium. This is never found in nature or even in cheap flame fusion sapphire because it requires extreme chemical purity--even a hint of iron mixed in will result in a deep blue color. When it is made just right, however, the result is a bright, sort of padparascha-like pink color which shifts between a starburst pink and a more pink-orange depending on the lighting. We were able to get some leftover offcuts from a laser crystal grower--these were not produced for the gem trade but they make for incredible gems.

These pieces have a richer orange-pink color indicating a higher dopant level.  They will cut absolutely gorgeous stones!  Only a small percentage of what we get yields this color, most are a lighter orange-pink.