Fancy yellow sapphires on Baffin

True North Gems has announced the discovery of yellow, clear and pale blue fancy coloured sapphires from its Beluga sapphire property near Kimmirut. In August, 80 pieces of fancy coloured sapphire rough were discovered and collected by Seemeega Aqpik, a co-discoverer of the Beluga property, and colleague Tony Le Cheminant.

In all, 12 finished stones with a total weight of 6.56 carats were polished. The largest, a fancy yellow oval, weighed 1.47 carats. Photos of the polished goods can be seen on True North’s Web site at www.truenorthgems.com.