SAPPHIRE

ITS MEANING

• A transparent precious stone, typically blue, that is a variety of corundum.
• A small hummingbird with shining blue or violet colors in its plumage .

TYPES

• The main gemstone colors in addition to blue Sapphire include:
• - Green Sapphire - Purple Sapphire - Orange Sapphire - Black Sapphire
• - Yellow Sapphire - Pink Sapphire - White Sapphire

IMAGEN

FACTS

• The blue color is by far the most popular color for sapphire but orange.
• Tennis bracelets are available that contain a complete rainbow of sapphire gemstones.

ITS USES

• Sapphire gems have a variety of uses, ranging from the most familiar jewelry.
• And also to the most unusual and creative– beauty and fashion.

THE CONDUCTIVITY

• Single crystal sapphire possesses a unique combination of excellent optical.
• The hardest of the oxide crystals, sapphire retains its high strength at high temperatures.

ITS CLARITY

• Blue sapphires tend to have more inclusions than most fancy-color sapphires.
• Gemologists use the term "inclusion" to define characteristics found inside a stone

HOW ITS OBTAINED

• The ‘floor’ is sometimes referred to as bedrock.
• The Bedford Hills district has the deepest floor.

MORE FACTS

• Sapphires are well known from such places as Sri Lanka and India.
• In addition, sapphires are found in many places throughout the world,including Brazil, and China.

LAPIS-LAZULI

ITS MEANING

• a bright blue pigment formerly made by crushing this, being the original .
• the color ultramarine.

TYPES

• Variously described as indigo, royal, midnight, or marine blue, lapis lazuli’s signature hue is slightly .
• greenish blue to violetish blue, medium to dark in tone, and highly saturated.

IMAGEN

ITS CLARITY

• Royal blue semi-precious stone with white or gold flecks.
• Healing, Love, Protection, Truth, Friendship.

FACTS

• Lazurite is a popular but generally expensive mineral.
• Well-formed, deep blue crystals are rare and valuable.

ITS USES

• The name lazurite is often confused with the bright blue phosphate mineral lazulite.
• However the two minerals can not be confused with each other identification wise .

ITS CLASIFICATION

• Lapis-lazuli is mined and carved as a decorative stone, this rock has a distinctive blue colour.
• Lapis Lazuli: Classification of Lapis Lazuli. IMA status.

MORE FACTS

• Lapis lazuli has been mined for centuries from a locality still in use today.
• First mined 6000 years ago, the rock was transported to Egypt.

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