Ocurrence:
Myanmar (Burma), Thailand,
India, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Tanzania, Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia,
Malagasy Republic, Malawi, Pakistan, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), United States
(Montana, North Carolina).
Appearance:
apphires are found in
a variety of colors. The reddish colors are called ruby. People generally
think of sapphires as blue in color, although they are also colorless,
pink, orange, green, golden, yellow, purple and black. Red sapphires are
known as ruby, and pinkish orange sapphire as padparadscha.
Something
Extra:
Sapphire is usually heat
treated to produce, intensify or lighten color and/or improve color uniformity
and appearance.
Sapphires were revered by ancient kings as protection from harm and envy. Ground, it was administered medically for eye diseases and the plague and as an antidote against poison.Tradition holds that the stone tablets given to Moses were etched on Sapphire.
Different
colour of Sapphire:
- Bi-Color
Sapphire
- Black
Star Sapphire
- Blue
Sapphire
- Blue
Star Sapphire
- Color
Change Sapphire
- Golden
Sapphire
- Green
Sapphire
- Grey
Star Sapphire
- Orange
Sapphire
- Padparadscha
- Pink
Sapphire
- Ruby
- Violet
Sapphire
- White
Sapphire
- Yellow
Sapphire