The best and most valuable colors for blue sapphires are actually violetish blue. Fine stones of good color and clarity are always rare and uncommon. Subtle differences in color correspond to marked variations in price valuations. Sapphires are rarely clean like diamonds and even very expensive stones can be moderately included. Indeed, the color of a sapphire is more important than it's clarity.
Fancy sapphires are available in an amazing range of colors including yellow, green, violet, pink, brown, purple, violet, white, black and orange.Ĭolor is the single most important factor in determining the value of a sapphire. The name fancy sapphire, is used to describe sapphires which are not blue. Sapphires are noted for the large range of colors in which they occur. With a hardness of 9 on Moh's scale, sapphires are extremely hard and second only to diamonds in this respect.
Rubies and sapphires are more familiar and cherished by layman than many of the other gem varieties. Sapphire is in many respects one of the most important of the colored stones.
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