Sapphire; the precious stone: Thing you must know!

Among the precious stones, one of the most beautiful and loved ones is sapphire. It is common in the goldsmith sector due to its various shades of midnight blue and light blue. It is also involved in making rings and necklaces. Now the Invisible Sapphire Necklace is popular among people because of its immense beauty. Most of the sapphires come from Australia, and Sri Lanka, with particular reference to the sapphires of the island of Ceylon. 

Sapphires: general information about this precious stone

Sapphire is a variety of corundum, like a ruby. From the chemical point of view, it is aluminum oxide, with the chemical formula Al2O3, all chromatic. These are its physical properties:

• Hardness on the Mohs Scale: 9
• Color: Different shades of blue
• Opacity: semi-transparent glossy

As for the most famous blue-blue sapphire, the color comes from the presence within it of inclusions of hematite and rutile. When the inclusions are oriented, the phenomenon of asterism manifests itself, as happens with the famous 182-carat Star of Bombay sapphire.

Sapphires are found in nature mainly in metamorphic rocks, those formed by the remitting of quartzite, or limestone, into silica-poor magmas or related alluvial deposits.In addition, there are also synthetically produced sapphires: to distinguish between natural and synthetic ones. It is necessary to examine the inclusions under a microscope, spectrometric and spectrophotometric analysis techniques.

 

Star sapphire: the phenomenon of asterism

A separate chapter deserves the phenomenon of asterism, the one capable of giving life to star sapphire or Astoria. It is a variety of sapphires in which a six-ray light reflection occurs.

The largest star sapphire in the world is the Black Star of Queensland: it is black and weighs 733 carats. The second largest star sapphire in the world is the Star of India: it is blue and weighs 563.4 carats. The Star of Bombay is also a blue star sapphire, weighing 182 carats.

How many colors does sapphire have?

When you are searching to Buy Sapphire Earrings Online or necklaces, you can find various colors of sapphire stone jewellery. It makes you think about how many colors does sapphire have?

As anticipated, when we speak generically of sapphires, we refer to the blue variety. Kashmir blue sapphire, for example, has a cornflower hue. When we talk about sapphires of other colors, however, we also add the adjective of color. In addition, sapphires of different colors are also called "fancy."

The various colors blue, orange, red, yellow, or violet derive from the presence of elements such as titanium, chromium, or iron. Sapphires are usually transparent, but some are iridescent: depending on how they are illuminated, they take on different colors. Sapphire, like ruby, is classified among the Type II gems: they tend to be larger and even more than rubies.

How much does a sapphire cost?

Want to Buy Sapphire Necklace or earrings, and then find the costs here;

The cost of a carat sapphire starts from 25 USD and also rises quietly above 11 thousand-12 thousand USD for high-quality gems. Color, purity, and size are among the factors that contribute to defining the price. The cost of a one-carat stone can start from 450 USD and even exceed 1,500 USD.

The star sapphire starts from 20 to 70 USD per carat.

It is difficult to say how much a sapphire ring or earrings costs: much depends on the size of the stone, carats, and purity. There are also rings at 159 USD, but you can go up to 1,000 USD or more. Solitaires with particularly valuable sapphires can cost even 30-45 thousand USD or more.

Where to find a sapphire?

Without getting too famous sapphires like the 563-carat Star of India, which is located at the Natural History Museum in New York, you can find sapphires in various jewellery sets. Ask here among rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets if they have anything with sapphires set.