Sapphire
Velvety cornflower through to steely teal.
Corundum, cornflower to teal
Sapphire is corundum, second only to diamond for hardness, which is why it wears so well in a ring worn every day. Ours comes down from the Kashmir side and from Batakundi in the Kaghan valley. We judge it first on how evenly the colour reads across the face: zoning, where the blue gathers in bands, is what separates a fine sapphire from one that is merely blue.
Living with it. Hard, stable and safe in an ultrasonic cleaner. Sapphire will scratch almost anything it is stored beside, so give it its own pouch.
- Where ours comes from
- Kashmir · Batakundi
- Hardness
- 9 Mohs
- Usual cut
- Cushion / oval
- Colour range
- Blue
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