Sapphire Ring
Discover my pieces featuring Sapphires.
A superb stone famous for its deep blue hue, that has been sought out since Antiquity.
Sapphire, a stone that can be worn on a daily basis.
I really like the Ceylon coloured sapphires, which have a cornflower blue colour. Deep, without however losing their sparkle.
When choosing a sapphire for a ring, it is important to keep in mind that sapphires are best appreciated in daylight rather than at night. In fact, some sapphires do have a tendency to become duller depending on the light.
This is why I always choose extremely luminous stones, with a sparkling brightness, that does not weaken even in a very dim light.
Part of the corundum family sapphires are extremely resistant to wear, making them a particularly good choice for rings that are to be worn on a daily basis.
The mysterious Padparadscha sapphire.
Sapphires are renowned mainly for their blue colour, but they actually exist in many different colours. It is a stone that is qualified as a rainbow stone. What they all have in common is a great capacity for brightness.
There are some very beautiful orange sapphires, in particular the Padparadscha sapphire, a sapphire whose rosy-orange hue is very difficult to define. It can range from sunset to lotus flower, with tropical fruit colours in between.
Depending on the angle and source of light, the different shades will reveal themselves.
It is a very subtle stone, often bringing about long discussions as to whether or not a sapphire is indeed a Padparadscha sapphire.
These stones are extremely rare and often come at a very high price. They are particularly sought after in Asia and the US. In Europe, they are less well known by the wider public.
Hardness :
9
Origin :
Australia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Madagascar.
Refractive index :
1,762 – 1,778
Star Sapphires
Some specimens of sapphires have the peculiarity of displaying a hexagonal star-shaped reflection on their surface. This feature comes from the rutile needles present inside the stone,
that arrange themselves differently during its growth.
This star moves around at the surface of the cabochon depending on the angle. A star sapphire is always cut in this way in order to create this asterisk.
It is a rare peculiarity that is found mainly in blue sapphires but also in sapphires that are light grey or various shades of black.
Sri Lanka, the source of Sapphires.
Ceylan, known today as Sri Lanka, is the colour used to describe these beautiful, sparkling blue objects. Indeed, the majority of Sapphires are found in Asia.
In Africa, Madagascar more specifically, stones of a similar quality can also be found,
and some beautiful Sapphires have been extracted in Kashmir, beautiful stones of a rich silky blue colour that stay bright all the time. These mines have long since been exhausted, the sapphires are thus extremely rare and now only ancient ones can be found.
Nowadays, the sapphires that resemble these ones the most come from Burma.
It is more common to find sapphires than rubies in a good size, the chromogens of sapphires being more widespread.
Offering a wide range of colours and a beautiful brilliance, sapphires are an attractive and mysterious stone.