For all those with a September birthday lucky you! Pretty Blue Sapphire is your birthstone.Here is the science bit; Sapphire is a variety of the mineral Corundum and is an aluminium oxide. Sapphires range in colour from pale blue to a deep indigo, the intensity of the colour depends on the amount of titanium and iron within the crystal.
Sapphire also forms in a range of other colours, including colourless, pink, orange, green, yellow, violet and brown, these are called ‘fancy sapphires’. The different colour forms are due to some impurities within the mineral. Sapphire, having a hardness of 9 on the Moh's scale, is a very durable gemstone for jewellery.
Sapphires are mainly mined in Australia, particularly New South Wales and Queensland, occurring in alluvial deposits. The most desirable cornflower blue sapphires are found in Kashmir, in India. Sapphires are also found in Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Tanzania and Kenya.
According to legend, Sapphires were said to protect against snakes - if a Sapphire was placed in a jar with serpents, they would die at once. During the Middle Ages, priests wore sapphires as protection from impure thoughts and warriors gave their young wives sapphire necklaces to ensure fidelity. In the 13th Century, the French thought that sapphire transformed stupidity to wisdom and irritability to good temper.
Sapphire also forms in a range of other colours, including colourless, pink, orange, green, yellow, violet and brown, these are called ‘fancy sapphires’. The different colour forms are due to some impurities within the mineral. Sapphire, having a hardness of 9 on the Moh's scale, is a very durable gemstone for jewellery.
Sapphires are mainly mined in Australia, particularly New South Wales and Queensland, occurring in alluvial deposits. The most desirable cornflower blue sapphires are found in Kashmir, in India. Sapphires are also found in Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Tanzania and Kenya.
According to legend, Sapphires were said to protect against snakes - if a Sapphire was placed in a jar with serpents, they would die at once. During the Middle Ages, priests wore sapphires as protection from impure thoughts and warriors gave their young wives sapphire necklaces to ensure fidelity. In the 13th Century, the French thought that sapphire transformed stupidity to wisdom and irritability to good temper.
One of the most well known sapphires is in the Imperial State Crown, worn by Queen Victoria in 1838, and is now housed in the Tower of London. The gem is called the St Edward’s Sapphire, as it belonged to Edward the Confessor, who wore the stone in a ring during his coronation in 1042.SPECIAL OFFER OF SEPTEMBER SAPPHIRES
If you want one for yourself or know someone with a birthday head down to one of our shops. We currently have a very limited number of these Sapphire pendants from £25 (that’s upto 50% off) They are a really nice casual way to wear real Sapphire, and look just as lovely with jeans as they do with a dress in the evening.
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