Blue Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum consisting of aluminum oxide (Al2O3 with a trace amount of iron, titanium, chromium, vanadium, or magnesium.
Blue sapphire is one of the big three jewelry-colored gemstones. The most valued blue sapphires are velvety blue to violetish blue. Blue Sapphire has Mohs hardness of 9.0, making it a hard gemstone to make jewelry from. As a member of the corundum family, its crystal system is hexagonal (trigonal). Crystals are often barrel-shaped prisms with flat ends.
Blue Sapphire has its own subcategories due to color temperature variance. Cornflower, Peacock, Royal, and Velvet Blues are mostly common colors, and Nave Blue, Indigo, and Twilight take second rank based on the tastes of collectors. Typically, blue sapphire is cut into cushion, round, oval, emerald, pears, briolette, hearts, and marquise.
This is recognized as the most powerful and fastest-acting gemstone in Vedic astrology. It brings wealth and success into the wearer’s life. It is a durable stone that’s designated as a birth stone for September. Sri Lanka is famous for producing exceptional-quality blue sapphires.
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