Pink Sapphire: Is a stone of wisdom and resilience. From celestial blue to sparkling yellow, Sapphires are believed to be some of the most powerful of symbolic stones.īlue Sapphire: Is widely known as the stone of truth, hope and harmony, as well as being the stone of mental acuity and learning. The connection to the earth is said to infuse the stones with energy and spiritual meaning, which have been carried from primordial times through to modern day Hollywood. Other notable sources include Thailand, Australia, Tanzania, Myanmar, Madagascar, Pakistan, the USA and Vietnam.Īt Fenton, we source our Blue Sapphires and Yellow Sapphires primarily from Sri Lanka and Thailand and our Pink Sapphires from Sri Lanka, Thailand and Mozambique.įor thousands of years, colourful gemstones have been treasured talismans for the benefits they are said to impart upon their wearer. Sri Lankan and Thai Sapphires are both historically famous and highly prized, due to their vivid colour and popularity with Royal families, and more recently due to their amazing quality coupled with both country’s responsible and transparent mining practices. Sapphires can be found in many different parts of the world. Iron is the main transition element for Yellow Sapphire, and chromium is to thank for Pink Sapphires. The sapphire's saturation and shade of blue is determined by the concentration of those elements.
When you find a Sapphire that has been coloured by iron and titanium, it will be Blue Sapphire. What makes Sapphires Blue? (or Yellow? or Pink?) It's thanks to the chemical elements present in the earth at the time of the crystal formation, that we have the many vibrant colours and shades of Sapphires that we do, such as blue, pink, yellow, violet, green and orange. This means that in their ‘pure’ state of aluminium oxide they are completely colourless. These vibrant stones are part of the mineral family Corundum and are allochromatic gemstones. Sapphires are valued worldwide for their unique beauty, rarity, immerse hardness (durability) and the fact that nature produces them in a rainbow of colors. Our in-house gemmologists are here to impart their gemstone wisdom, and answer your most asked questions about Sapphires!
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