Golden Threads
Notes from Red Lodge on stones, symbols, and the making of things meant to last. Field guides, founder musings, and the occasional long look at a single sapphire.
Golden Threads
Montana sapphires are cut for color rather than for weight, and that single decision explains why two stones of the...
A Yogo is a Montana sapphire, and it is almost nothing like the alluvial stones. Hard rock versus gravel, why...
Nearly all Montana sapphire is heat treated, including nearly all of ours. What the process does, why it became standard...
Sapphire is the birthstone for September, and nearly all American sapphire comes out of Montana. What the stone is, why...
Color is the first thing a Montana sapphire tells you about itself. A short guide to what each one β...
The guide I wished existed before I started building with these stones. What Montana sapphires are, the three deposits they...
