. Many people do not realize sapphires also comes in white, yellow, red, green, orange and other shades other than Blue! Lapis Luzi a semi precious gem mainly found in a Cabochon form is very unique in color, each stone has a color like no other in a combination of blue, black and gold.
Since the Middle Ages many people have given tribute to the sapphire due to both medical and spiritual healing properties. It is also said Faith and purity will come to those who wear this stone. It is also said this gem gives the wearer useful foresight into the future.
The Sapphire gem is given on the 5th, 45th, and 70th Wedding Anniversary as a gift.
Sapphire is one of the most popular jewelry stones in the world. Rich colours, beauty, transparency, and durability are the qualities associated with this stunning stone. The word \"sapphire\" comes from the Greek word for blue, \"sappheiros.\" The sapphire provides the most beautiful blues in the gem kingdom.
Ancient Persians believed the Earth rested on a giant blue sapphire. Its reflection, they said, made the sky blue. Sapphire is the original “true blue”; the gem symbolised fidelity and the soul. In ancient times if a sapphire was given, it was an oath of trust, honesty, purity, and loyalty.
The blue of the sapphire has become a colour which represents everything that is constant and dependable; this is the reason many women prefer sapphire for their engagement ring. Sapphires are found in India, Madagascar, Cambodia, Burma, Ceylon, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, Brazil, and Africa. The oldest sapphires known today are found in Ceylon, or Sri Lanka. Ceylon sapphires are known for the luminosity of their light-to-mid-blue colours. Most blue sapphires are from Thailand or Australia.
The value of sapphires varies depending on their colour, size, and transparency. Not only is the fine quality factored into price, but the origin of the stone as well. The most valuable sapphires are the genuine Kashmir stone. Burmese sapphires are also particularly valuable due to their colour, which ranges from a rich, full royal blue to a deep cornflower blue. Sapphire is the birthstone for September.
Sapphire is a variety of the Corundum group, consisting of pure aluminium oxide that crystallised as a result of great pressure and heat at a great depth. The presence of small amounts of other elements, especially iron and chrome, are responsible for the colouring, turning white crystal into a blue, red, yellow, purple, pink, or greenish sapphire.
Colours such as yellow, purple, pink, green and white are called fancies. Fancy sapphires are purely unique and are made for lovers of individualistic coloured stone jewelry. Padparadscha is a rare orange-pink variety of sapphire that has a higher value than blue sapphires. There is also the colour-changing sapphire that transforms with different light. In natural light it appears blue, but placed under artificial light it is violet. Sapphires have excellent hardness, with the ratio of 9 on the Mohs scale.
The chemical composition is Be³AI²DiO6. Sapphires symbolise one’s connection with the divine mind. The power of this stone includes spiritual enlightenment and inner peace. Emotionally, it is said to enhance communication with spirit guides and stimulate clarity and inspiration. Sapphires are said to heal rheumatism, colic, and metal illness. Sapphires may also help diminish depression, whilst aiding psychokinesis, telepathy, clairvoyance, and astral projection. The feelings of sympathy and harmony, friendship, and loyalty attached to sapphires prove their worth in the long term.
The sapphire represents loyalty, and at the same time gives expression to people\'s love and fulfilment.
Sapphire is a symbol of Purity. Sapphire is also known as a gemstone of love.
Sapphire encourages the properties of peace, emotional purity, joy and strength.
Sapphire aids in ridding of the mind of negative thoughts.
