Hippo for Christmas hit the Front Page on Etsy!!

I am so excited to share that the treasury I curated hit the Front Page on Etsy!! Congrats to all that were featured! This is a first for me, so please click and comment and share the love!

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

I have been featured in two Treasuries!

I was pleasantly surprised to receive two different convos saying I was featured in a treasury! The first one is called "metals and stone..." by expressions123. The Mystic Silver Blue Quartz gemstone beads from my store are featured here.



The other treasury is called "It's Black... It's White...... It might be Gray...." by curator paperNplastic. The white moonstone round cabochon is featured in this one.

Suppliers are rarely featured in treasuries so I was really surprised to be featured in not one, but three treasuries this week. Thank you ladies!!

Lost At Sea, Are We - a Treasury on Etsy by Polestar

I was thrilled to find the Mystic Silver Tanzanite Blue Quartz Gemstone from my Etsy store featured in this gorgeous treasury curated by the very talented Etsy jeweler: Polestar. Please click and comment on the treasury to make it hot!