![]() ![]() Helen of Troy, King Solomon, Charlemagne, Ivan the Terrible, Richard the Lionheart, Catherine the Great and Josephine Bonaparte are just some of the notable wearers of sapphires. Legends that swirl around this precious gem are too many to count, it is mentioned 12 times in the Bible, the tablets that contained the 10 commandments were made of sapphires, a giant sapphire’s reflection makes the sky blue and Shah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal, had a throne encrusted with sapphires that took 7 years to build. Sapphires have been the gemstone of royalty from Ancient Persians, Greeks and Romans all the way to the present day with Princess Diana and Princess Kate sharing the most famous sapphire engagement ring ever made. Sapphires are not just blue, they also come in almost every other color of the rainbow except red – if they are just the right sort of red, they become Sapphire’s equally illustrious sister, Rubies. It could be argued that Sapphires are best loved colored gemstone in the world right now and perhaps this has always been the case as the famously blue sapphire has been mentioned as a stone of great value and power since writing began. Natural Sapphire Introduction to Sapphire ![]()
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