Most Stunning 8.50ct Purple Sapphire

A must have for the collector or to be made into a stunning piece of jewelry.

GEM - Sapphire

CLARITY - IF

COLOUR -  Purple

WEIGHT - 8.50 Carats

CUT - Pear

DIMENSIONS - 13.81 x 9.67 x 5.78mm

ORIGIN -  Sri Lanka
TREATMENTS - None

Sapphire is a gem quality variety of the mineral corundum. It is the second hardest substance on earth after diamond, rating 9 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. Corundum itself is not a very rare mineral, but gem quality corundum is extremely rare. Most corundum is opaque to translucent and heavily included, suitable only for industrial use, including the production of abrasives used for sandpaper and machining of metal, plastics and wood. The name corundum comes from the Sanskrit word kuruvindam, meaning "ruby sapphire", while the name sapphire comes from the Persian word safir, derived from the Greek word for blue. In times of antiquity and the Middle Ages, the term sapphire actually referred to lapis lazuli, but in the early 19th century, the description and definition of sapphire was changed to the corundum variety we know today.

While blue is the most traditional and classic color for sapphire, sapphire is actually found in a variety of different colors.

Colored sapphire (other than blue) is often referred to as fancy sapphire, and fancy sapphire is typically traded using color-specific names, such as yellow sapphire, green sapphire or purple sapphire.