This has given him a unique perspective on what information truly helps our readers in their quest for finding the perfect diamond engagement ring or piece of jewelry. Mike Fried has written hundreds of articles and helped answer more than 30,000 emails from our readers. Mike followed that up by spending years buying and selling diamonds on the wholesale market as well as selling tens of millions of dollars worth of diamonds to diamond retailers. Mike started from the bottom, sorting and evaluating hundreds of thousands of diamonds to learn every facet (pun intended) of diamond quality and value. The author of this article, our CEO, Mike Fried has over 20 years of experience in the diamond industry. Sapphires are the perfect colored gemstone to wear in an engagement ring or an everyday right hand ring.To help you with the diamond buying process we lean on our expertise and experience. If it is too light, it is not as fine a quality. If a sapphire is too dark, then it has no sparkle.

Our gemstone buyers and Graduate Gemologist look for an intense bright and blue color.

However, the term Sapphire encompasses all other gem varieties and colors of Corundum as well, excluding Ruby, the red variety of Corundum, which has its own name.Īt the Artful Eye, we hand select each and every sapphire by hand. In the gem trade, Sapphire without any color prefix refers to the blue variety of the mineral Corundum. It is a very desirable gemstone due to its excellent color, hardness and luster. Sapphire is the most precious and valuable blue gemstone. Mother Nature is truly amazing! Is this your beautiful birthstone? Sapphires can even be gray, black, or brown. Some stones exhibit the phenomenon known as color change, most often going from blue in daylight or fluorescent lighting to purple under incandescent light. Did you know Sapphires come in all colors of the rainbow? Besides blue sapphire and ruby, the corundum family also includes so-called “fancy sapphires.” They come in violet, green, yellow, orange, pink, purple! There are also “parti-colored” sapphires that show combinations of different colors.

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