Exquisite Colors of Sapphire – The Modern Birthstone for September

Unheated Natural Blue Sapphire

For many hundreds of years blue sapphire has been the birthstone for those born in September.  Fancy color sapphires have been around for a long time, but were not as readily available as they are now.

Fancy Colors of Sapphire
White sapphire has been used as a diamond substitute for years.  Over the last 15+ years, buyers could more easily find yellow, pink, orange, golden, purple and green.  There are even color change sapphires that change from amethyst purple in incandescent lighting to blue in sunlight.  Buyers can find “rainbow” sapphire jewelry in pastel or vibrant colors. One of the prettiest sapphire rings is a cocktail ring (shown below left) created by my dad, Andrew Sarosi.  It could brighten any woman’s evening.

Berry Sapphires

AfricaGems.com is proud to announce a new selection of “berry sapphires”.  Yes, they are really called “berry sapphires” in the gemstone world.  You won’t find these just anywhere.  They range from brownish pink to pinkish purple, fushia pink to violets and blue lavenders.  Most berry sapphires come from Madagascar to us and then to you.  These berry sapphires are not treated in any way, not even the normal heat treatment.  And what beauties they are – see right.

Sapphire Engagement Rings
Blue sapphire engagements rings became very popular in 1981 when Prince Charles became engaged to Lady Diana Spencer and they remain popular to this day.  Because sapphire are a 9 on the Mohs scale, they are wonderful in engagement rings.  Since sapphires come in so many colors, brides these days can be daring and choose pink or purple or yellow sapphires for their engagement rings if they aren’t fond of blue sapphire.

Sapphire Cocktail Ring

AfricaGems.com carries a wide range of sapphire colors for you to choose from.  We carry free sizes as well as calibrated standard sizes in most colors.  We carry star sapphire and the rare Padparadscha.  And if you don’t see what you want, just let us know and we will do our best to find you exactly what you are looking for.

For the month of September, all sapphire loose gemstones and all sapphire jewelry is discounted 25% off our wholesale prices.  Use the discount code sapphire2010 at checkout.  And don’t forget, all our sapphire gemstones and jewelry is covered by our 100% guarantee and refund policies and we pay for the shipping.  It really is risk free.  We want you to love whatever you purchase from AfricaGem.com.