A coveted gem with a lustrous appeal, Sapphires are second only to the mighty diamond in hardness. Pretty Pinks, Royal Blues, Luscious Greens, and Golden Yellows are just some of the elegant colors of these rainbow gems.

Some stones grabbed our attention over millennia and sapphire is among a few of them. Sapphire is a precious gemstone member of the corundum mineral family. The exceptionally rich color with excellent durability is the key point of this gem. Besides sapphire, there occurs a red-shaded corundum gem, renowned as ruby.

However, sapphires are typically blue in color, but not all the sapphires are blue. It arises in every color of a rainbow, except red. They are sometimes found colorless and sometimes in various different shades too. Generally, sapphire gemstone comprises of aluminum oxide with some elements of iron, magnesium, titanium, chromium, and vanadium in it.

              Sapphire is a September month birthstone. In common, natural sapphires are used as jewelry but they are also widely used in various non-ornamental applications and decorative purposes owing to their solid durability. Sapphires come with a remarkable hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale. It is the third hardest mineral, after diamond at 10 and Moissanite at 9.5. Nowadays, synthetic gem pieces are produced in industrial laboratories as an affordable alternative to precious sapphire.