As gemstone wholesalers we at www.gemrockauctions.com offer a wide range of Gemstones, loose gemstones and other high quality products, Including Sapphire.
Sapphire is one of the most popular jewellery stones. The rich colours, beauty, transparency, also with the consistency and durability are the qualities associated with this stunning stone. The word Sapphire came from the Greek word for blue, sappheiros, it provides the most beautiful blues in the gem kingdom.
It was thought that 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 of 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 fits in with everything that is constant and dependable; this is the reasons why 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 their 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 has the fine quality factored 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 that 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 into wonderful gemstone 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 the crystal that was basically white 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 jewellery. Padparadscha is the name for a rare orange-pink variety of sapphire and has a higher value than blue sapphires. There are also colour changing sapphires that transforms with different light. In natural light it appears blue, however placed under artificial light it is violet. Sapphire have excellent hardness, with the ratio of 9 on the Mohs scale.
The chemical composition is Be³AI²DiO6. Sapphires symbolises one’s connection with divine mind. The power of this stone includes spiritual enlightenment and inner peace. Emotionally it enhances communication with spirit guides, stimulates clarity and inspiration. The benefits sapphires are said to heal properties for rheumatism, colic and metal illness. Sapphires also help diminish depression, whist aiding psychokinesis, telepathy, clairvoyance and astral projection. Blue in colour, strongly linked to the sapphire as it is, with feelings of sympathy and harmony, friendship and loyalty: feelings which attaches to qualities that prove their worth in the long term.
The sapphire represents loyalty, but at the same time it gives expression to people's love and fulfilment. For any investors, collectors or lovers of this gem, it is recommended to have a gemological identification certificate for authenticity. It is an independent report from an approved gemology laboratory, issued by an independent gemologist.
