50 Shades of Sapphire

Birthstone of September and a Gem of impeccable quality, the sapphire is one of the three gem-varieties of Corundum, the other two being ruby – defined as Corundum in a shade of red—and Padparadscha—a pinkish orange variety. Although blue is their most well-known color, sapphires may also be colorless, and are found in many colors including shades of gray and black.
Better still, Sapphires are also very hard (second only on the moh scale to a Diamond), which means that they are a very affordable - yet luxurious - option for any Jewellery design.

In earlier times, some people believed that the firmament was an enormous blue sapphire in which the Earth was embedded. Could there be a more apt image to describe the beauty of an immaculate sapphire? And yet this gem comes not in one but in all the blue shades of that firmament, from the deep blue of the evening sky to the shining mid-blue of a lovely summer's day which casts its spell over us. 

However, this magnificent gemstone also comes in many other colours: not only in the transparent greyish-blue of a distant horizon but also in the gloriously colourful play of light in a sunset – in yellow, pink, orange and purple. Sapphires really are gems of the sky, although they are found in the hard ground of our 'blue planet'.

The most common shades of Sapphire, apart from Blue, are:
- Yellow Sapphire (sometimes also called "Golden Sapphire" if intensely colored)
- Pink Sapphire
- White Sapphire (describes Sapphire that is colorless)
- Green Sapphire
- Purple Sapphire
- Orange Sapphire
- Black Sapphire

Star Sapphires

 

A star sapphire is a type of sapphire that exhibits a star-like phenomenon known as asterism; red stones are known as "star rubies". Star sapphires contain intersecting needle-like inclusions following the underlying crystal structure that cause the appearance of a six-rayed "star"-shaped pattern when viewed with a single overhead light source. Very rare - and undeniably beautiful! Want to see one? Come down to 638 Kiewa St Albury!

Sapphires at Tremonti 

All of Tremonti's Sapphires are natural and hand-picked for their quality and vibrance. Although most retailers and designers will use synthetic Sapphires, Tremonti deals exclusively in the highest quality natural Sapphires - treasures given to us by nature.
Can't find what you're looking for on display at our Studio-Gallery? Karin Tremonti uses her years of experience as a Gemmologist to locate all of her natural gemstones from expert sources dedicated to quality. From cut, style and colour to vibrance and clarity, each gemstone is guaranteed to be of the utmost quality - you can buy safely with Tremonti.

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