The sapphires from Burma, from the same region which produces fabulous rubies, are also of very good quality. The cashmere sapphire has a rich color, very slightly padded, highly prized by connoisseurs.

The most famous provenances for sapphire are Kashmir and Burma now called Myanmar. Sapphires come from Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon), Burma, Thailand, Australia, Cambodia, Nigeria, Kenya Tanzania, China, India, Vietnam, Madagascar and the United States. The color of sapphires depends on the proportions of chromogenic elements in the chemical composition of the stone (titanium, iron, vanadium, chromium …). Other exceptions, the red corundums are called … Rubies. Green corundums, green sapphires and colorless corundums are called leukosapphires.īe careful, the blue corundums are simply called Sapphires.

Yellow corundums are called yellow sapphires. There are a wide variety of colors: colorless, pink, orange, yellow, purple, black. Known since Antiquity, it takes its name from the Hebrew sappir, meaning “the most beautiful thing”. Sapphires occur in many different colors but the most famous and valuable of sapphires is a rich intense blue: The others colors will be referred to as «fancy colors».

Sapphire color