Sapphire is the birthstone for September and is given
as gifts for the 5th, 23rd and 45 wedding
anniversaries. Sapphire is the non-red variety of
corundum. With a hardness of 9.0 sapphire is the second
hardest natural mineral. Blue is the most popular color
sapphires, but they can be almost any color including
yellow, green, white, pink, orange, brown and purple.
Sapphires can exhibit a color change.
Gem 752 - Purple Color Change Sapphire
1.68 ct. - This sapphire is from the Umba region of Tanzania, and shows a violite color in daylight, changing to a purplish red in incandescent light.
Gem 739 - Songea Sapphire
1.04 ct. This is an all natural no treatment or heat blue sapphire from Songea Tanzania
Gem 662 - Pink Sapphire
0.67 ct. Another stone from Madagasca that has both pink and purple in, almost a pad color.
Gem 652 - Pink Sapphire
0.56 ct. This is a natural, untreated stone from Lake Baringo in Kenya
