Estate Jewelry
Sapphire Quality and How It Affects Value
Sapphires come from the mineral corundum which comes in all shades of the rainbow. The color red is called a ruby. Sapphires are the most popular colored stone and are a wonderful change from a diamond for a beautiful engagement ring. More customers buy sapphires than any other colored stone. Among the colored stones, sapphire, emerald and ruby, sapphires and emeralds are the most affordable. Color Quality The fact that...
Color Changing Gem Stones - Sapphires and Alexandrites
A color changing gem stone changes color depending on different changing light sources. The more dramatic the change in color, the rarer and more valuable it becomes. Color Changing Sapphire In day light, color changing sapphires change from blue to violet. Other rarer sapphires change from green to reddish brown in incandescent lighting. Color is the most important quality for any sapphire. It is valued for its attractive color. The...
About the Padparadscha Sapphire
As you know, sapphires come in all shades of the rainbow except for red which is ruby. Padparadscha sapphire range in color from light to medium pinkish orange to orange pink and should be light in saturation. It’s easier to imagine the color as being a beautiful sunset or a ripe guava. Iron, titanium or chromium causes its unique color hue. Untreated padparadscha sapphires are beautiful and very rare. Because...
Colorless Sapphire, Cubic Zirconia or Moissante vs. Diamonds
White or Colorless Sapphire vs. Diamond It’s easy to find Colorless or White Sapphires. More often you will find colored sapphires of every shade in the rainbow. White or colorless sapphires may have hints of gray, yellow, brown and traces of blue. The closer a sapphire comes to colorless, the more value it has. In the 1990’s, white or colorless sapphires became the substitute for diamonds. They actually doubled in...