Colors of the Sapphire Gemstone

Think Sapphire. Think Blue? Think again!
The Sapphire gemstone can be blue, green pink, yellow, and a whole lot of other colors!

Sapphire is a mineral called "Corundum". Chemically Aluminium Oxide. Interestingly Ruby is also the same mineral/ chemical compound. Color is what distinguishes ruby from sapphires. Rubies are red and sapphires are either blue, or another color such as green, orange, pink, yellow, purple, colorless or black.

Sapphire when used by itself generally refers to the blue variety. In its highest quality, this blue sapphire is more expensive than other varieties.




Padparadscha Sapphire is a pinkish orange color and is the rarest and most prized of all fancy (non blue) sapphires. Most Dealers agree that pink and orange hues must be present to be a true padparadscha.



Pink Sapphire is the most highly prized next to the padparadscha.


Other colors include Orange, Yellow and Green.




Colorless Sapphire or White Sapphire is made by heat treating light colored sapphire and is a popular diamond substitute.

This week's treasury challenge by Curation Nation is : Sapphire. Details of the challenge is here. This is my take on the "Colors of Sapphire".


Reference: Gemstone Buying Guide: How to evaluate, identify, select & care for colored gems by Renee Newman GG

My Necklace from Sleepy Moon Design also arrived!!

The vivacious Ngan of eNVe Designs has a regular featured artist column on her fabulous blog, where Zoe of Sleepy Moon Design was featured in June.

Zoe was giving away this Green Onyx Suspension Necklace to one lucky winner! And guess what? I won!! I just received the necklace all the way from Canada.

Zoe describes this necklace as "made with this bright green onyx gemstone roundels for a bright burst of colour. The gemstones are all in a neat little row that is suspended from a dainty sterling silver chain. I also added some green onyx accents by the clasp.

The suspension necklaces got their name because they remind me of a suspension bridge and its inherent fragility. "

You can see more suspension necklaces at Zoe's Etsy Store here.

I wore this necklace immediately after taking it out of the bubble wrap in the afternoon...and then wore it out to dinner and a movie with my DH! After all it was Saturday night! The necklace is so lightweight and totally non-fussy. I cannot wear heavy jewelry for a long time, but this is one of those all-time wear pieces.

I love how the necklace is finished with two green onyx at the back next to the clasp. This provides for a lovely look when the hair is worn up. Pretty, pretty, pretty!

The onyx is such a beautiful fresh green color that I absolutely love this necklace! Thank you so much Zoe!!