
Does anyone know how to find decent low grade natural rubies or sapphires?
I got a river Ruby and Anyolite, they're both opaque and off with color. I was kinda hoping for one of a better quality (Better transparency and color) but still have that watermelon texture and still low enough to not enter semi precious or precious territory. Whenever I look through cheap natural stones it seems like they try to replace everything with glass. I was maybe thinking leaded Stones but no one wants to say they sell leaded stones.
Here's some pictures like to explain what I'm thinking So something like these Wikipedia samples and probably faceted.
Then the samples I got that want to go above (I tried the trade show and Etsy; and it's kinda iffy)