The term sapphire comes from ancient Greek: sappheiros ("blue colored stone") or perhaps from the Hebrew sappir ("the most beautiful thing")
We also find sapphires in pink, yellow, orange, purple, green, and others that are colorless or with other tones. The blue variety is the best known. The pink-purplish or pink-orange hue, called “Padparadja” or “Padparadscha” sapphire (translated from Sinhala as lotus flower ”is the rarest and most sought after.
All of our sapphires come mainly from Sri Lanka or Madagascar.
Sapphires are made up of aluminum oxide crystals (Al2O3) containing trace impurities (oxides) that give them their color (titanium and iron for blue, vanadium for purple, chromium for pink, iron for yellow and green).
Sapphire can be heat treated; the stones, too light, too dark or with a lot of inclusions, are heated. This process enhances color and clarity by dissolving trace elements in the stone. It is an ancient authorized lapidary method that does not devalue the beauty and value of sapphire. Star sapphires can be found where the asterism is due to the presence of inclusions of crystallized 60 ° or 120 ° rutile needles in the stone. The star sapphire is cut in a cabochon. Under the rays of the sun appears a star of 6 branches or more rarely of 12 branches.
Sapphire will dazzle you with its various colors.