Oh wow, I had no Idea you could cast around sapphire, that opens up a huge amount of opportunities a lot of organic forms and shapes I wouldn't even try to set stones into if I have to do it by hand. Thanks for the tip about rubies sad that it's the signature red ruby you have to watch out for, since that's what I would probably first look to rubies for.

Guess I will add it to the list of things to look out for when I buy. Honestly I have noticed that there are a lot of odd somewhat underhanded tactics in the gem marketplace. Repairs on gems not being noted and false or misleading labeling on certain types of stones. People calling Moissanite "Lab grown diamonds" or selling irradiated topaz as natural blue topaz. mostly online, wish I could get to the gem and rock expo and deal with some people face to face since that basically eliminates all of the risk on those sorts of things. Sadly though the insane over reaction to covid has shut it down repeatedly so I'm stuck on ebay buying blind since my state has gone full on Soviet totalitarian on us. Completely halted my gem buying habit to be honest, which long run may be good because I have a fair stash of stuff that I am now starting to re-approach with projects in mind.