Sapphires

Comprehensive Guide to Sapphire gems

When most people hear the word Sapphire they think Blue, but Sapphires come in every color of the Rainbow except red. Red Sapphires are Rubies.
Sapphires can come in pure white, looking very much like a Diamond to almost black which is called Midnight Blue Sapphire. In the past few years Pink Sapphires have become very popular. Now Canary Yellow and Orange are the new HOT colors.

Orange Sapphire

Amazingly these colored Sapphires are often much less expensive than the common blue variety.
A savy buyer can purchase a White or Canary Yellow Sapphire for a fraction of the cost of a Diamond. Buy White or Yellow Sapphires

Padparadscha Sapphires are a fancy colored orange-pink or pinkish-orange. These are very rare and are not often found in large sizes. Padparadscha Sapphires are costly and often reproduced by man in the lab. When shopping for a Padparadscha Sapphire make sure you know if it is a natural, mined from the earth, gem you are buying or one created by man.

Padparadscha Sapphires

When buying a Blue Sapphire look at the color. The most valuable sapphires are deep, pure blue, which does not change color when moved into different light. Stones that are too dark or too light are of less value than a royal blue stone. Buy Blue Sapphires

Blue Sapphire

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Pink Sapphire

Pink Sapphires come in shades from very light ice pink to vibrant Raspberry. Pink Sapphires are extremely popular right now.

Canary yellow Sapphire

Yellow Sapphires can be nearly white with just a hint of yellow, to deep yellow or almost orange.

Green Sapphire

Green Sapphire can be very light like a mint green to very dark jungle green or even emerald green.

White Sapphires

What the look of Diamonds but don't want the cost? These look very much like fine D color Diamonds but they are far less expensive! 3mm white Sapphires cost $5.00 to $10.00 each. 3mm White Diamonds could cost $50.00 to $300.00 each.

Color Change Sapphires

Sapphire can also change color, very much like an Alexandrite. Color change Sapphires are far less expensive then color change Alexandrites.

The color change with Sapphires can be more pronounced then that of Alexandrite and has a greater range of colors.

Common color changes in Sapphires are.

Purple to pink.

Green to yellow

Purple/red to teal green

Blue to Purple

Blue to green

Color change sapphires are always heat treated to produce, intensify or lighten color and/or improve color uniformity and appearance.

Midnight Blue Sapphire

Some unscrupulous seller will tell you the darker the blue the better the Sapphire. This is simply not the case.

Midnight Blue Sapphires are nark navy blue to almost black in color. They are nice but not nearly as valuable as a Royal Blue Sapphire.

Sapphires are found in India, Burma, Ceylon, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Brazil and Africa. The best Sapphires come from Ceylon.

Sapphire is the Birthstone for September.

Some people believe that wearing Sapphires brings clarity of mind and disintegrates disharmony.
Sapphire is believed to offer healing properties for rheumatism, colic, and mental illness.

VARIETY INFORMATION:

VARIETY OF: Corundum , Al2O3 .

USES: Gemstone.

BIRTHSTONE FOR: September

COLOR: various colors, except for red.

INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.76 - 1.78

BIREFRINGENCE: 0.009

HARDNESS: 9

CLEAVAGE: none, although there is a rhombic parting

CRYSTAL SYSTEM: trigonal

PLEOCHROIC: strongly

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