Published on September 19, 2008
I was born and raised in the country of Myanmar (Burma), which is also known for most of the finest quality rubies ever mined. Although natural untreated sapphires and natural sapphire rubies come from the same mineral composition known as corundum, natural sapphires are more commonly found in Sri Lanka and Madagascar, where as natural...
Published on September 10, 2008
Historically, the finest Sapphire gems came from Sri Lanka and Burma, and this same is pretty much still true today. Sri Lanka, nicknamed the ‘’Gem Island, ‘’ has been an important source for natural untreated sapphires, rubies, and other gemstones for more than 2000 years. The stones that have been eroded from Sri Lanka’s central...
Published on August 27, 2008
Sapphire, which is the birthstone of September, is one of the most popular precious gemstones found in jewelry today, and blue is the best know hue. Natural untreated sapphire occurs in virtually every spectral color such as yellow, pink and a rare pinkish-orange color which is known as Padparadscha, and is even more valued then...
Published on July 2, 2008
Often I am asked what is the ‘largest’ and ‘most expensive’ sapphire? The largest sapphire in the world is probably still well protected underground, and maybe it is a billion karats or more, but will it be a ‘fine’ sapphire? That is very doubtful. What is rare and costly in a sapphire is a combination of its color, clarity, size, cut and of course...
Published on June 25, 2008
Sapphires, a variety of corundum, are formed deep in the earth’s mantle as well as the lower crust. They form in the hexagonal crystal system, but are often formed in what people call a bipyramidal shape, or just two elongated pyramids stacked on top of each other. In its purist form corundum would be colorless...
Published on June 12, 2008
Hi. My name is MiMi and I am in charge of the photography here at The Natural Sapphire Company. Each custom natural sapphire ring and loose sapphire stone is hand photographed. This process can take a while, because we need to be sure to replicate the exact color of each natural sapphire, so what you see...
Published on June 6, 2008
Flawlessly setting a gorgeous natural untreated sapphire in a simple yet elegant pendant can result in a fantastic gift idea that your significant other will cherish wearing around her neck daily. To crazy or bulky of a design can take away from the true beauty of the sapphire, and can end up just being another...
Published on May 27, 2008
When purchasing diamonds clients are informed about the 4 C’s, Clarity, Color, Cut, and Carat. However when it comes to colored gemstones the standards are not as defined but are just as important. In this post I will try to make some sense of the colored stone grading. One of the most important things to...
Published on May 16, 2008
I love sapphires, there is no doubt. You can have all the colors of the rainbow, except of course red, because then it would be a ruby. One of my favorites though, is the yellow sapphire. There are many assortments of the color yellow from lemon peel, pastel yellow, to bright sunflower yellow. If you...
Published on May 9, 2008
The new ruby discovery in Tanzania has the gem world buzzing. The quality of rubies being mined from the area is unprecedented. Rubies of high transparency with good color, and good color saturation is one of the rarest gemstones on earth rarer then diamonds. The new deposit out of Tanzania is not only producing such...
