Other names for variations of the color sapphire are blue sapphire or sapphire blue shown below.
What is sapphire color.
It is a constant favorite for sapphire engagement rings earrings and pendant necklaces.
Examples include greenish blue slightly violet blue or violet pink.
An exotic type of sapphire known as color changing sapphire displays a different color depending on its lighting.
As you likely know the most common and popular color of sapphire is royal blue.
It is usually comprised of two parts the color that has the strongest presence and any other colors that may be slightly noticeable.
Learn how this stone gets its enviable color and where these stones are found.
The blue color is usually caused by traces of titanium and iron.
In natural light color changing sapphire is blue but in artificial light it is violet.
Sapphire gems are most commonly found in a range of blue shades although they can be many different colors.
For example chromium is responsible for pink sapphire colour and iron and titanium traces result is a blue sapphire.
Sapphire is the birthstone for september.
The most valuable blue sapphires have a slight violet or purple hue to them this deepens the blue color.
An untreated pink sapphire from madagascar with beautiful clarity.
Blue is the most popular and well known color in sapphires.
Sapphire is a saturated shade of blue referring to the gem of the same name.
A pure sapphire is actually colorless and it is only through impurities that a sapphire gains its color.
Other common colors for sapphire include yellow and green.
Another extremely valuable sapphire form is the very rare orange pink padparadschah.
Sapphire is a precious gemstone a variety of the mineral corundum consisting of aluminum oxide α al 2 o 3 with trace amounts of elements such as iron titanium chromium vanadium or magnesium it is typically blue but natural fancy sapphires also occur in yellow purple orange and green colors.
More information on blue sapphires.
Often historically the prefix oriental was added to the name of a similar looking gemstone when selling sapphires outside of the blue range.
Within the corundum crystals there are trace elements that can change the sapphire s colour.
Colour intensity and shade each sapphire is a creation of mother nature.
Parti sapphires show two or more colors.
Hue refers to the actual body color of the sapphire.
While libras and virgos might remain devoted to sapphire blue there are many other colors of sapphire gemstones.
In each of these the modifying color is listed first with the main color listed second.
The most valuable color of sapphire is a cornflower blue color known as kashmir sapphire or cornflower blue sapphire.
