Sapphire Ring

Sapphire, corundum, yahonnt, baus - these are all names of the same stone. In essence, this is nothing but alumina. That is, this mineral can be both natural and artificial origin.

In Greek, the word sapphire means "blue stone." In India, sapphire was called Saturn's Pet. Astrologers believe that it is Saturn that gives a person such qualities as independence and responsibility. In Europe, they believe that this mineral brings up modesty and purity of thoughts in a person. In the East, sapphire is chosen as a talisman by people whose work is connected with mental labor. It is widely believed that this mineral leads to success, and also improves health.

There are many deposits of sapphire, but not all minerals have the same value. The most expensive stones are from the island of Sri Lanka. They differ in the characteristic purple color only for this area. There are deposits in Thailand, Australia and Madagascar. However, due to the darker and less transparent color, they are considered less valuable. In Russia, too, there are deposits of sapphires. Minerals from the Kola Peninsula have a rich cornflower-blue color, and the Ural semi-precious stones have a bluish-gray tint. In jewelry, the purity of the stone masters appreciate more than its weight.

If you believe the astrologers, the sapphire will be useful to Aquarius, Aries and Virgos. But Capricorns, he categorically does not fit. However, many people neglect these conventions and are happy to wear jewelry with this magic stone. As a gift, sapphire will be appropriate for people who are purposeful and active. This stone can become talismans for managers, businessmen, politicians - for those who have to make difficult decisions every day.

Many believe that sapphire gives peace of mind, agreement with itself, helps to find harmony in relationships, protects against rash decisions and keeps the virtue of its owner. It can be presented to the spouse on the anniversary of the wedding, as well as a young girl as a wish to quickly find a soul mate.

It is also believed that this stone is able to pacify passions and anger. Because of this, it is often called the “stone of the nuns” and the “prayer stone.”

However, choosing a sapphire ring as a gift, you should know that not every stone can become a talisman. If the mineral is not clean enough, or there are cracks and chips in it, it not only does not help, but can even harm its owner. Also, sapphire will not serve a cruel person. One way or another the stone will leave it.

There are legends about the healing properties of stone. It is believed that sapphire helps with joint diseases, heals the throat, serves as protection for the ears and eyes, and can also cure depression. A sapphire ring will be a great consolation for someone who is experiencing unhappy love, who has had a difficult divorce or breakup with a partner.

Rings with stones are divided in several directions.

• Gender rings distinguish between male and female. Most often rings, especially with precious stones, are worn by women. Here, the scope for fantasy is simply limitless. It can be both very large rings with one large stone, and small graceful ones, with a scattering of gems. Metal for women's rings can be anything. This and various jewelry alloys, and silver, and gold of all colors, and platinum.

• By design. These can be avant-garde rings of unusual shapes or with a stone of an unusual color. The classic style speaks for itself - simple clear lines, concise design. Vintage style sapphire rings are often family jewelery and have their own history, which is passed down from generation to generation. Ethnic ornaments with a complex ornament are often universal and for any clothes. Oriental style has a bright and bold design. Most often, jewelry with sapphires in oriental style is chosen by very self-confident people who love to be in the center of attention.

• According to the technique. Filigree rings with sapphire look like old lace - the same delicate and airy. Drawing on the rings, made in the technique of blackening, looks brighter and more expressive. With sapphire jewelry in this technique are mainly silver and palladium. Stamping or embossing is a very ancient art. Such rings with sapphire may well be antique.

• According to the shape of the stone. This may be a regular geometric shape. Traditionally, these are round, oval or polygonal shapes: square or rectangle. And they can take complex ornate forms - a heart or something avant-garde. It all depends on the style in which the artist conceived the ring.

Traditionally, sapphire is considered to be exclusively blue. But few people know that the colors of sapphire can be very different. For the blue color of the stone meets its constituent titanium. It is thanks to him that the stone has a bluish-blue tint.

Sapphire may become yellow when it contains iron oxide. It is believed that yellow sapphires give a person wisdom and help to achieve a high position in society.

Green sapphire is called Kenyan or Australian. Such a shade of stone is considered very rare and not very popular. Psychologists say that green calms, relieves irritability and excessive emotionality.

White or colorless sapphire is a crystal with aluminum oxide without any other impurities. In nature, such a mineral is a great rarity. In the laboratory, experts have learned to lighten the stones of pale shades in order to obtain a white mineral. It is very often used in jewelery with diamonds. And sometimes white sapphires completely replace them. White sapphires are credited with the ability to awaken mercy and kindness.

Black sapphire is very often confused with dark blue and green sapphires due to the fact that electric lighting distorts the true shade of the mineral. The real color of black sapphire is dark gray. It looks like a black pearl - the same cold shine and the same mother-of-pearl shimmer. Black color can be achieved in the laboratory, but then the color gradually turns pale in the sun.

Pink color sapphire impart impurities of chromium. Shades of pink can vary from gentle and pale to bright purple. English Prince Charles introduced the fashion to pink sapphires when he presented his spouse Princess Diana with an engagement ring with such a stone. Despite the fact that this mineral is not cheap, but rather rare, it is still more affordable than pink diamonds. The cost of pink sapphire is directly proportional to the saturation of the color - the darker the stone, the higher its value.

It is believed that pink sapphires give lightness to relationships, filling them with love and tenderness. If you want to buy jewelry with such a stone as a gift, ask to show a license for the right to trade in them - this is a prerequisite when selling natural gems.

Another rare mineral is padparaja, which means “lotus flower”. This is the presence in one stone of pink, yellow and orange shades at the same time.There are such instances mainly in Sri Lanka. It is believed that the stone has a rejuvenating property.

When rutile micro-mineral impurities appear in the sapphire, they reflect the rays of light and form a star-shaped pattern. Such stones are called stellate. The most common star sapphire with six rays. There are also minerals with twelve rays.

Very rare, and therefore, star sapphire with three intersecting lines is considered particularly valuable. They personify faith, hope and love. The most famous star sapphire deposit is Thailand. The most common ones are black star-shaped sapphires, as well as stones combining black with a yellow or green tint. They are also called polychromic.

Stone with a pronounced star pattern in its original form is extremely rare. Most often, the picture is viewed weakly. However, modern science already allows to obtain such minerals by artificial means, adding rutile. Such stones are called diffuse. This allows you to get jewelry with star sapphire at a reasonable price. However, it should be borne in mind that there is still a difference between such gems and natural gems. The fact is that the rays of a star in recreated sapphire are permanent and do not change at different angles.

Most jewelers agree that sapphires that have all shades of blue and purple, as well as white and black look most advantageously in a white metal frame. Traditionally, it is white gold, platinum and silver. In this design will look good and the minerals of the green palette.

It looks very impressive combination of large star black sapphire with small diamonds in white gold and platinum. This ring is worth a lot and is suitable for special occasions. The combination of white and black is a timeless classic, always in fashion.

Silver was always in fashion. This is a great everyday decoration option. Wedding rings with blue and blue sapphires surrounded by cubic zirconias look very graceful. For those couples who are just starting their way of life and do not yet have a big fortune, paired wedding rings are an excellent option. Such rings can also be presented to anniversary wedding silver weddings. In addition to the relatively low price, a ring of silver with sapphire helps with rheumatism and pain in the spine. The ring alone will certainly not solve all health problems, but it is quite capable of improving health if it is constantly worn.

Many stores offer very high-quality replica rings of famous brands of jewelry steel with synthetic sapphires. Covered with gold, it is visually no different from a gold ring.

Special attention is deserved by ornaments from various alloys. Every day the popularity of titanium rings, as well as tungsten products with sapphires and cubic zirconias, increases. These two metals compete with each other in strength and beauty.

Rings with sapphire framed in tungsten are not only voluminous, but also heavy. Therefore, this material is used primarily for the manufacture of men's rings and signets. Such jewelry love men strong-willed and purposeful.

Rings made of titanium are also quite strong, but unlike tungsten it is rather light metal, therefore a titanium ring with blue or white sapphire would be appropriate on the female handle. Pink stones better reveal their beauty in yellow and red gold.

Depending on the design, this may be a ring with a large sapphire solo or surrounded by several small ones, slightly darker or lighter in shade. Or maybe a ring - a path of small pebbles.

In recent years in our country it has become fashionable to get involved in the art of feng shui. Jewelers have decided not to sidestep this theme and today many brands offer a ring with a frog holding a coin in its mouth. According to Chinese philosophy, the money toad brings money in the world.Amphibian of sapphires with emeralds and rubies on an elegant ladies' hand will not only not cause disgust, but also vice versa, will cause a stormy delight of the fair sex.

If you definitely want to get a natural sapphire in the ring, then you should know that its color is never uniform. In the natural mineral there are thin, barely visible cracks, as well as micro-inclusions. An experienced jeweler is able to hide these minor flaws with the help of the correct cut, but if you look at the device, you will see them all early.

Sapphires on a par with other stones are often forged. Do a little test. Try to hold a knife or something sharp on the surface of the stone. If there is a scratch - in front of you fake. Real sapphires are very hard.

As for colors, they can be quite different, depending on their homeland. Blue opaque minerals from India are considered the most expensive. But transparent sapphires are almost always artificial. The exact origin of the stone can only be determined by a specialist.

So that the stone is not lost on the background of clothing, you should not pick up a dress or a blouse to match the stone. Not the best solution is to wear a sapphire ring for clothes in black or dark blue. But with a white or steel outfit, it may well blend in.

No rings with sapphires are combined with sporty clothes. For the business style fit discreet jewelry with small stones. The office will be appropriate sapphires with fiants, zircons. Medium pearls. But platinum, gold and diamonds are best left for a spectacular evening out.

In order for a stone to preserve its original beauty for a long time, follow a few simple rules:

• keep the sapphire ring separate from other jewelry;
• from excessive exposure to sunlight stone can lose its color;
• you should not do household chores in the ring - exposure to chemicals will not do him good;
• You can renew the color of the stone by holding the ring for a couple of hours in a soapy solution in the sun.

Secrets and legends have always gathered around sapphire. Once it was allowed to wear exclusively monarchs.

One of the rings of King Solomon was decorated with a huge transparent blue sapphire. The king used it as a seal. With his help, Solomon could command genies.

Some historians claim that a gold ring with sapphire decorated the hand of Alexander the Great himself. Allegedly, the vampires gave him a magic ring with which the king could command people. The effect of the ring did not extend to vampires. Alexander soon conquered half the world, and then refused to obey the vampires and drove them away with the help of the same ring.

It is for certain known that Ivan the Terrible had a whole collection of rings with sapphires.

Actress Carol Lombard received a 152 carat astrollet sapphire ring from her husband as a gift from her husband, resembling a pigeon egg in shape and size.

The legendary Elvis Presley was very fond of jewelry with star-shaped sapphires and diamonds. Especially revered singer stones were black star-shaped sapphires. He had a whole collection of rings with such a stone.

The most famous decoration of the last century can be considered the legendary Lady Diana's engagement ring. It is made of white gold and decorated with natural blue sapphire in a frame of 14 diamonds.Because of its low value (by the royal standards of 60 thousand dollars), it was called “commoner’s sapphire”, that is, the ring of a commoner.

At the wedding, Princess Diana received two more headsets with sapphires: from the King of Saudi Arabia and from Sultan Osman. By the way, her distant predecessor, Maria Stewart, also adored this stone, and she also had a ring with this mineral.