
Graduate gemologists on staff to help you All Chatham sapphires are gem quality with no inclusions visible to the naked eye. Because they are carefully grown, you can expect your Chatham created blue sapphire to have gorgeous color and consistent quality. They grow in the natural crystal habit, shown left, in a controlled environment. They have less violet, but also less light return.Ĭhatham lab grown blue sapphires are not cheap flame fusion sapphires. Dark Chatham sapphires have deep blue body color. But they are lighter in tone with more violet. Light Chatham created blue sapphires have more brilliance. The medium tone blue sapphires have a gorgeous blue body color with slight violetish undertones. We stock Chatham sapphires in medium tone, but some light and dark tones may be available. Typically, Chatham created blue sapphires show violet and blue pleochroic colors. Blue sapphires are doubly refractive and often exhibit pleochroism…the visible display of different body colors from different crystal directions in a gem.

Chatham Created Blue Sapphires Lab grown blue sapphiresĬhatham created blue sapphires are just as beautiful as some of the worlds most valuable mined sapphires.
