Pink Laser Sapphire Cabochons, Titanium Strawberry Sapphire TikTok There is a red glow

There is a red glow to these stones thanks to their strong fluorescence but it doesn't dominate like it does in the photos

This allows a laser to charge its crystal up to a higher energy level before suddenly releasing it all in a single powerful burst instead of shooting out in a continuous beam

It has dull red fluorescence

suggesting maybe codoping with erbium or cerium(

It weighs in at 65g and measures 27 x 27 x 23mm

Pink Laser Sapphire Cabochons, Titanium Strawberry Sapphire TikTok There is a red glowThese are cabochons cut from titanium laser sapphire. These labgrown sapphires have bubbles in them from the growth process we call this variety 'strawberry sapphires' since they have seeds, hence the carvings. The bubbles have a directional flow to them, following the movement of the sapphire melt during crysatllization, and many are deep blue black due to iron contamination. Titanium sapphire is a very unusual variety of sapphire, never found in