You can shop a range of natural blue sapphire colours in our collection and these are free of any colour enhancements. Diffusion and surface coating are synthetic treatment methods and they can also give a sapphire an appearance of blue. Treatments such heat treatment can also alter a colour of a sapphire to blue by simply melting its titanic and iron into the crystals structure. Naturally, a combination of iron and titanium trace elements in the crystal system of aluminium oxide makes a blue sapphire. Additional trace elements or impurities combined with these base elements give breathtaking sapphire colours.

HOW DO BLUE SAPPHIRE GEMSTONES GET THEIR COLOUR?Ĭorundum in its purest state is aluminium oxide (Al2O3), which is a colourless sapphire. Corundum belongs to trigonal crystal system. Blue sapphires are a rare, precious gemstone.ĭifferent minerals belong to different crystal systems based on their way of repeating pattern of atomic arrangement. We invite you to view our full selection of sapphires, blue sapphire rings and custom sapphire jewelry and discover what makes the Natural Sapphire Company the world's greatest collection of natural sapphires.Sapphire and rubies are of corundum mineral specie which is an aluminium oxide.īlue sapphires are a corundum mineral that contain trace elements of titanium and iron which gives them the appearance of blue colour. Our jewelry and gemological specialists will work with you from start to finish to create your custom sapphire jewelry. All of our sapphires are cut on our premises and are available loose or mounted in a custom setting. We offer a vast selection of blue sapphires, pink sapphires, yellow sapphires, white sapphires and other unique natural sapphires. Our natural untreated sapphires offer true beauty, rarity and superior value compared to treated sapphires. Our sapphires are not synthetic, heated to extreme temperatures, diffused, irradiated, glass filled or oiled. At the Natural Sapphire Company we specialize in providing our customers with the finest quality natural sapphires.

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