Pink Sapphire

Pink Sapphire

Pretty in pink

Pink Sapphire colors can range from light pastel pink to medium pink to a screaming hot pink.

Sapphires and Rubies are actually the same mineral – corundum. Pure Corundum is colorless; the trace element chromium is responsible for the red of Ruby and the pink of Pink Sapphire. In a sense, Pink Sapphires are a lighter version of Ruby.

Sapphires are routinely treated to improve their clarity and color. Finding Natural, untreated stones is relatively rare which generally makes them more valuable.

Principal mining locations for Pink Sapphire are Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Burma.

They are durable gemstones with a hardness of 9 on the Mohs Scale and can easily be used in all types of jewelry.

Sapphires are September’s birthstone and their variety of colors offers so much choice! They also celebrate the 5ᵗʰ and 45ᵗʰ Anniversaries.

We have more shades, cuts and sizes available in Pink Sapphire – please contact us if you don’t find what you are looking for in our online inventory.

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Colorslight pink

medium pink

hot pink

reddish-pink
Family/SpeciesCorundum
PropertiesRI = 1.762-1.770 DR

SG = 4.00 (+/-0.03)

Dispersion = 0.018

Hardness = 9

Highly suitable for use in jewelry
TreatmentsMany treatments and enhancements are currently being carried out on sapphires;

We generally prefer to work with Natural Sapphires or regular-Heated Sapphires

see policy on Treatment Disclosure
Important informationNatural, untreated sapphire is getting harder and harder to find in the market; it sells for a premum over treated and enhanced stones;

Corundum (both natural and man-made) is widely used as an abrasive thanks to its hardness – it can scratch almost every other minera
BirthstoneSeptember
Anniversary5th
CutsCalibrated up to 4mm

All standard cuts and free sizes
Mining locationsTanzania (Umba Valley, Tunduru), Sri lanka, Madagascar, Vietnam and many other localities
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