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Blue Sapphire / September Birthstone / Zodiac Sign Virgo / Day Of Week Thursday / Anniversary Gemstone 5th Year , 45th Year & 70th Year Sapphire Jubilee

Blue is Sapphire’s main colour. Blue is also the favourite colour of about 50 per cent of the population, men and women alike. This colour, which is strongly associated with sapphire, is also linked to emotions such as sympathy and harmony, friendship and loyalty. These emotions belong to features which are permanent and reliable – emotions where overwhelming and fiery passion is not the main element, but rather composure, mutual understanding and unshakeable trust. Sapphire blue has thus become a colour related to anything permanent and reliable, and this is one of the reasons why women in many countries settle on Sapphire for their engagement rings. Sapphire symbolises loyalty and faithfulness, while at the same time expressing love and yearning. The most famous musical example for this melancholic shade of blue can be found in George Gershwin’s "Rhapsody in Blue". Sapphire’s blue colour is also evoked where clear competence and controlled brainwork are the issue. After all, the first computer ever to wrangle a victory from a chess grandmaster and world champion was named "Deep Blue".

***Care Tips Of Sapphire

Sapphires can be safely cleaned in ultrasonics and steamers provided they’re not oiled, cavity filled or badly flawed. One exception is black-star sapphire, which tends to be fragile. Cleaning corundum with soap and water is safe. Heat treated ruby and sapphire is table to light, but some irradiated orange and yellow sapphires may fade. Corundum is resistant to most chemicals. However, soldering flux or pickling solutions containing borax will etch the surface of the stone.

Rubies and sapphires are hard, strong and generally very durable. In fact, the only natural gemstone that surpasses them in hardness is diamond.