All About Sapphires
August 30th, 2006 by Summer
Although most sapphires are blue, there are also pink sapphires, yellow sapphires, orange sapphires white sapphires, purple sapphires as well as rare star sapphires and Padparadsha sapphires. Sapphires are highly valuable, fancy stones. In fact, sapphires are so treasured that Prince Charles himself presented Princess Diana with a Sapphire upon their engagement.
About Sapphires
Sapphires belong to the corundum group. This makes sapphires different from other gemstones because they’re extremely hard, registering at a grade 9 on the Mohs’ scale. Diamonds, the earth’s hardest mineral, are the only gemstones harder then sapphires. Sapphires hardness makes them a practical and easy to care for gemstone.
The corundum group consists of pure aluminum oxide. The pressure and heat of the ground causes this aluminum oxide to crystallize into beautiful white gemstones. Tiny amounts of other minerals such as iron and chrome give sapphires their blue, red, yellow, pink or greenish color.
Rubies are also part of the corundum group. For years experts debated what constituted sapphires until it was decided that ruby-red sapphires would be “Rubies” and all other colors would be “Sapphires.” Sapphires are found in India, Burma, Ceylon, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Brazil and Africa.
You can find rings with sapphires, bracelets with sapphires, sapphire necklaces, or pendants. Sapphires can also be bought as solitary stones. Sapphires are a beautiful stone with endless possibilities!
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