Sapphires in every color, history and buying guide for Sapphires
Comprehensive Guide to Sapphire gems
When most people hear the word Sapphire they think Blue, but Sapphires come in every color of the Rainbow except red.  Red Sapphires are Rubies. Sapphires can come in pure white, looking very much like a Diamond to almost black which is called Midnight Blue Sapphire. In the past few years Pink Sapphires have become very popular. Now Canary Yellow and Orange are the new HOT colors.        Orange Sapphire Amazingly these colored Sapphires are often much less expensive than the common blue varie...

Sapphires
Everything you wanted to know about Sapphires
Sapphires comes in several colours such as blue, pink, yellow, green and orange. Sapphires belong to the corundum group of which rubies also belongs. Sapphires are characterised by their excellent hardness (9 on the Mohs scale). Indeed their hardness is exceeded only by that of the diamond and the diamond is the hardest mineral on Earth! Thanks to that hardness, sapphires are easy to look after, requiring no more than the usual care on the part of the wearer. Blue is the main colour of the s...

Sapphire Facts
Learn about Sapphires
Sapphires are among the most beautiful and valuable gemstones. Most people think of sapphires as blue stones, but they actually are found in wide variety of colors. Some sapphires are translucent stones, while others have star markings. This lens is intended to tell you a bit more about this interesting gemstone. Photo: Jlhdalg, Wikipedia