F-35 Fighter Jet Window Sapphire EOTS Cut Loose Gems (F35 Gem) bgo-12 This is a long old

This is a long old mine cushion which I cut in smoky moissanite

" That's because fluorite is a really tricky material to cut

Czochralski-pulled cobalt spinel can be grown to ultra high purities and used in lasers as a Q switch

Neodymium makes YAG a versatile laser crystal

Note the camera can't capture the true color

F-35 Fighter Jet Window Sapphire EOTS Cut Loose Gems (F35 Gem) bgo-12 This is a long oldThese are lab created sapphires which were grown for use as a sensor window in the F35 fighter jet but didn't meet spec. They've been faceted in my custom EOTS design which mimics the shape of the sensor array they would have been a part of if they made spec! These stones glow blue under shortwave UV because of titanium contamination. This is a really cool material lab sapphire grown for windows on the F35! These aren't used on the cockpit but on a