Sapphire

Sapphire

Sapphires and Rubies are members of the same crystal mineral family called Corrundum. Corrundum with any color except red, is called Sapphire. Sapphires are richest in colors compared to all other gemstones. They are rare and very durable. All of these qualities make sapphires precious gemstones. Blue Sapphire and Yellow Sapphire are the most sought after in sapphires. Pink sapphire has become more rarer then blue sapphires because of increasing demand for these gems. There are also the Green Sapphire, Orange sapphire and Golden Sapphires. There are many other colors but a very interesting sapphire is the Padparadscha Sapphire because of its beautiful pinky orange color.The finest sapphire color is rich, velvety cornflower blue. This is called "kashmir" out of deference to the traditional source of the finest quality. Today, however, the Kashmir area of India is not generally mined because of its physical inaccessibility. Most current production comes from Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Montana, Australia and Africa.

Star sapphire

Padparadscha Sapphire

Variety of Blue sapphire