Amazing and Fascinating Sapphire Jewellery


by Imran ali - Date: 2008-10-16 - Word Count: 507 Share This!

Sapphire is the birthstone of the month of September. Sapphire represents the purity of soul. It is a beautiful blue colored stone. This stone is unique and versatile as it changes its color with the light. It looks violet in dark lighting and blue in the daylight. The sparkling beauty, brilliant blue color, transparency and the durability of sapphire make it fascinating. It is the choice of many people as blue color appeals everyone and this makes sapphire jewellery perfect for all occasions like; weddings, engagements, anniversaries and even birthdays. Sapphire is associated with qualities like; friendship, loyalty, sympathy and harmony.

Sapphire being a birthstone is believed to have special powers that are useful for its wearer. It is deemed to be lucky for its wearer and can bring good luck and good fortune to its owner and protects him or her from evil eye. These qualities make it more special and significant. Sapphire is a lovely gemstone used in rings, earrings, bracelets, pendants and brooches. Sapphire looks dazzling in silver metal like; white gold, sterling silver, platinum and titanium. It also looks good in yellow gold but white metal enhances its beauty and charm and makes the blue color more attractive.

Sapphire is a rare gemstone and is found in India, Burma, Ceylon, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Brazil and Africa. The oldest sapphire was found in Sri-Lanka. Sapphire is a symbol of royalty. The corundum is crystallized by heat and pressure and is turned into wonderful gemstones called sapphire. The presence of iron and chrome elements makes these white stones colorful. All colors blue, yellow, pink or greenish except red are called sapphire; however, red colored stone was named as ruby by the jewellery specialists. In ancient times it was believed by the Persians that the sky is a reflection of sapphire on which the earth is resting.

The truest blue colored sapphires represent truth, sincerity, and faithfulness. Sapphire rings are excellent for engagements because of the meaning attached to them. A sapphire used in jewellery comes in different cuts like; a cushion shape cut, a rounded rectangle, or an oval shape. And other shapes like; triangles, squares, emerald cuts, marquises, pear shapes, baguette shapes, and cabochon cuts, or smooth domes. Sapphire jewellery is easily available everywhere having a diverse range of truly amazing and beautiful designs. When buying articles having sapphire you should have some knowledge about these precious sapphire gemstones.

You should know that sapphire comes in many different colors and shapes with beautiful cuts. Moreover sapphire is graded by carat weight. The blue colored sapphire are more costly than other colors and sapphire with deep blue color are most expensive. Always look for the make of the stone. It is also created in the lab and these lab created stones have the label of ‘created' on them. Sapphire jewellery also needs care like any other jewellery. Sapphire articles should be protected from extreme heat and cold. For cleaning the pieces of sapphire you can use jewellery cleaners that are easily available on the market.


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