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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Sapphire: The color purity in the soul is deep like night and candid like heaven.


Sapphire: The color purity in the soul is deep like night and candid like heaven.
Its brightness is that of calm waters.

Beliefs about the sapphire
Always, the sapphire is extremely precious. In Hebrew his name means "the most beautiful thing." Tables of the Law given to Moses on Mount Sinai were sapphire.
Orientals have always considered the most powerful talismans. We thought it made rich, kind, peaceful and devout. It is also said today that the sapphire attracts sympathy, preserves the purity of the soul and is the symbol of marital fidelity. This stone is considered soothing
The blue of the sapphire has always been the symbol of sincerity, loyalty and fidelity. The sapphire is perfectly suited to the wise and faithful wife.

Features sapphire
The sapphire is a mineral of the corundum family. It's a very hard stone that can scratch all others, except the diamond.
Sapphire is made of aluminum oxide crystals containing impurities which are in fact other oxides (titanium, iron, and / or chromium).
All colors of corundum are called "Sapphire" with the exception of red corundum is called ruby.
When we talk of the sapphire without more, is that it is the blue sapphire. However, sapphire has other colors: pink, orange, green, yellow, purple, violet and white.
The blue sapphire is the best known, while the sapphire-colored pink-orange is the rarest.

Sapphires that have a six-pointed star (star sapphires) are cut in cabochon so that the shimmering effect of the star is not altered by the facets.

Producing countries sapphires
The most common sapphires, a dark blue almost black, are in Thailand or Australia.
Sapphires are the most coveted ones in Sri Lanka. They are a light blue and pure.
Sapphires rarest and therefore most valuable, blue-blueberry or royal blue, from Kashmir, Burma and Cambodia.

Natural and synthetic sapphire
Make known in the laboratory synthetic sapphires and rubies whose chemical composition and physical properties are the same as natural stone.

The Marriage of Sapphire
They feast for the 16 years of marriage

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