

The fancy sapphire colors are: pink, orange, yellow, green, purple, and violet. Sapphires that are not blue are known as fancy sapphires, and may be any color-except red (which is a ruby). In general, the more intense and uniform the color is, the more valuable the stone. Sapphire is generally known as a blue gemstone but surprisingly it comes in a wide range of colors and quality variations. Red corundum is known as ruby and all other colored corundum (including colorless, or white sapphire as it is known in the trade) is sapphire, although blue is the most well-known. A durable stone that’s designated as a birthstone for September, it captures jewelry buyers with its practicality and aura of romance.Ĭorundum is the mineral species that includes both sapphire and ruby as varieties. Sapphire is one of the Big three of jewelry colored gemstones-the other two are ruby and emerald. This sapphire from Kashmir has an intense velvety blue color. We also stock a large selection of fancy coloured Sapphires in standard sizes including: pink, yellow, green, purple, orange & white, as well as many unique colours in 'free' sizes and fancy cuts.Comprehensive CAD/CAM For Jewelry Certificate Because of the variety available it is always best to contact us with your exact needs, which we are confident we will be able to satisfy. We stock an extremely wide selection of shapes and sizes, too numerous to catalogue, but include round (traditional & brilliant cut), oval, emerald-cut, marquise, pear, trillion, triangle, square (carrie-cut & princess), baguette, taper, cushion, and many other fancy cuts. In traditional blue sapphires we hold a large range of materials from Australia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Madagascar.

As well as differing qualities, Sapphire can be found in many colours - pink, yellow, lilac, green, white, and even orange. Sapphires come in varying qualities from the dark, blackish blue usually sourced from Australia, to the beautiful cornflower blue of the Sri Lankan stones.

Only small amounts of colouring trace elements separate them. Sapphire is a crystallised auluminium oxide, and has exactly the same chemical composition as ruby.
