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Another spotlight for Potentate in the prestigious ‘Gems and Gemology’ publication from the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (GemA) – the oldest Gemmological Association in the world. Peer Reviewed Article by J.C. (Hanco) Zwaan, Eric Buter, Regina Mertz-Kraus, and Robert E. Kane Although the source rocks of alluvial sapphires in Montana have never been discovered, inclusions and geochemistry […]
This story originally published by Gemological Institute of America and written by Andrew Lucas, Tao Hsu, Shane McClure, and Kevin Schumacher Montana’s rich history of gold and sapphire goes back to the late 1800s. A GIA field team traveled to the Rock Creek and Missouri River areas, where sapphire mining is still underway, to document the current […]
This week Potentate Mining is in the spotlight on pages 12-13 of the latest edition of Gems & Jewellery, a publication of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (GemA) – the oldest Gemmological Association in the world.
Potentate Mining and our Rock Creek Sapphires are on centre stage in the latest edition of InColor, a publication of the International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) representing an international membership of colored gemstone and jewelry dealers, wholesalers, miners, and gemmological laboratories around the world. The Director of Marketing – WFB is currently on the Board of Directors […]
By Barbara Wheat Lipatapantop, Dec 2014 – Potentate Mining is proud to be the focus of a tremendous article written by industry expert Barbara Wheat Lipatapanlop in her recent article “Mining Sapphires In Montana” for TNJ Colors magazine. Historic records found in the Montana Historical Society Archives show that production of sapphires from Rock Creek exceeds […]