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berries of the earth

i have stumbled upon a new love:

 

umba sapphires.

 

they are genuine sapphires, from the umba river valley of tanzania, and they are truly magical! some of them have a feldspar-like gleam, not unlike labradorite.... some are full of specks of glitter, some are transparent, and ALL are this amazing, earthy, watery, blue-green-lavender-gray-gold mix of colors, along with the unmistakable corundum pearlescent surface.

 

OH!

 

how i love these babies! they are cut somewhat roughly, which makes me love them all the more; they are an earthy treasure altered just enough to use in a wearable trinket, which i shall have to do, toot sweet.

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Uploaded on June 17, 2010
Taken on June 17, 2010