There's an interesting story behind how this unique gem shop came to be. It has to do with a man who developed the art of heat treating sapphires to bring out their color and a woman who had developed the art of creating fine jewelry from native Montana sapphires.
In January of 1992 the two became a team and opened the Sapphire Gallery and continue in its operation today. Their Grand Opening took place on December 12, 1992. They sell and collect sapphires and rubies and that's all - they handle no other gems whatever.
One cool feature of the shop is the indoor mining room, in which customers may mine for sapphires. If the customer should so choose, the Sapphire Gallery will then heat treat sapphires found and create a piece of jewelry around each one.
The Sapphire Gallery
The Sapphire Gallery is the
only all sapphire and ruby store in the United States. All services are offered: indoor sapphire mining, heat treating, faceting, goldsmithing, custom jewelry design. Over 3,000 pieces of sapphire and ruby jewelry from Montana and many worldwide deposits are displayed in an antique showroom. Gift items are handcrafted minerals from Montana and international locations. Finding your own gems and creating family heirlooms are lifetime memory makers.
The whole family from youngsters to grandparents enjoy hunting sapphires in our comfortable mining room. The Sapphire Gallery has created over 12,000 pieces of fine jewelry from the diggings of our visitors. Montana sapphire jewelry is being worn and bragged about in every state of the US and many countries of the world. Come find or purchase your beautiful and enduring piece of Montana.
From Visit Montana