Sapphire Gallery

Our story begins in 1987 on Gem Mountain in Philipsburg, Montana, when Dale Siegford began digging for Montana sapphires. While working two other jobs to pay for the kilns, Dale experimented with bringing sapphires to high temperatures and teaching himself the art of heat treatment. In order to intensify the colors of Montana sapphires, Dale experimented to enhance the elements already present in the sapphires to showcase the best colors in the stones, learning how to turn pale mined stones into