What Makes a Sapphire Valuable?
Shades and Hues jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/q6/2i/sapphire-valuable-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); The highest-quality sapphires are blue with a trace amount of purple. Sapphires and rubies, both corundums, are actually cousins. Any corundum that is red is labeled a ruby. The rest are called sapphires. Sapphires can be blue, violet, purple, orange, pink, green or any mixture of all these colors. Some sapphires are clear and are used in place of diamonds. The most desired sapphires are blue. Trace amounts of purple and violet enhance the color of the stone. The priciest sapphires are a combination of 85 percent blue and 15 percent purple. Green is considered a negative; any green in the stone denotes the sapphire as being low quality. Geography A sapphire’s origin also has a significance on its perceived quality. Sapphires are mined around the world, especially in Eastern Australia, Thailand, Sri Lanka
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