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Precious Stone Sapphire
The sky is just like gigantic blue Sapphire
stone into which the earth is embedded – this belief
was actually cherished in ancient times. And, in fact, does there exist
a better image to describe the beauty of its immaculate Sapphire
of purest blue? This gemstone exists in all the other shades
of blue skies, from the deep blue of evening skies to the bright and deep
blue of a clear and beautiful summer sky which charms all people. The
splendid gemstone, however, also comes in many other
colours, which not only in the transparent grayish misty blue of far horizons,
but also displaying its bright fireworks of sunset colour – yellow,
pink, orange and also purple. So Sapphires are really and truly heavenly
stones, although they are being found in the hard soil of so-called "blue
planet”.
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Historical Facts of Sapphire
| Refractive Index |
1.759 - 1.778 |
| Chemical composition |
AL22O3 |
| Hardness |
9 |
| Crystal system |
Hexagonal |
| Density |
4.00 |
| Sign of the Zodiac |
Libra |
| Month of the year |
September |
| Planet |
Venus |
| Ocurrence |
Sri Lanka, Burma, India, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Thailand, U.S.A, Pakistan, China |
| Color |
Blue, bluish purple, bluish violet, greenish yellow,
orangy yellow, purple, red, reddish orange, red-orange, reddish
purple, red-purple, violet, violetish blue, yellow, yellowish
orange, pink |
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Precious Gem Stone Sapphire Jewelry
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