![]() Sir Richard Francis Burton, the famous Oriental traveler, carried a star Sapphire as a talisman that brought him good luck and good health wherever he went. Sapphire is one of the big 3 gemstones, called “ Precious Gemstones“. Most genuine Sapphires are heat treated to improve not only their colors, but their clarities. Sapphire is the Zodiac gemstone for: Pisces, Taurus, Virgo, and Sagittarius. Some Sapphires have a starburst effect in them, due to rutile or white silk, giving them the name “ Star Sapphires“. Tradition says that the Ten Commandments were created and carved from a Sapphire tablet… Some Sapphires are known to have a color change (similar to Alexandrite), changing from blues to purples, or reds and greens. ![]() Sapphire, even though it’s the same stone as Ruby, often has better clarity than Ruby, and is generally found in bigger carat weights, too. It was ground up and used as an antidote for poison, too, because it was strongly believed that Sapphire could cure illness and elevate the sick to a higher level. Sapphire was supposed to protect the wearer from evil and witchcraft in the Middle Ages. Sapphire is one of the very first gemstones to ever be flux grown in a laboratory (1902). ![]() The word Sapphire comes from a Greek word “ Sapheiros“, and the Latin word “ Saphirus” which literally means blue, as in the planet Saturn. The rarest natural Sapphire in the world is actually a pink Sapphire called Padparadscha. This blue is often described as the heavens, believing it was Sapphire reflections painted across the sky. Iron and Titanium minerals is what gives Sapphire it’s strong blue color. ![]()
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