NATURAL YELLOW SAPPHIRE
COLOR: Yellow Sapphire varies in color from pale to dark yellow.
ORIGIN: Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Ceylon, Pailin Cambodia, Madagascar
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: Al2O3Corundum (Aluminium Oxide)
CUT: Round
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: 4.00
REFRACTIVE INDEX: 1.762-1.788
HARDNESS: 9
FORMATION: Traditional heating is widely used for yellow sapphire and is an accepted enhancement process which can improve the transparency and color of the stones. Techniques range from simply throwing gems into a fire to be cooked, to employing sophisticated electric or gas furnaces at specific pressures and atmospheric conditions. The treatment is permanent and heated stones do not require any special care.
BIRTHSTONE: Sapphire is birthstone for September
UNUSUAL PROPERTIES: Place Yellow Sapphire in the home or in cash boxes to attract wealth and to increase earnings. It not only assists in bringing financial abundance, but in manifesting any vision one wishes to realize. Yellow Sapphire stimulates the intellect, helping to formulate ideas and goals. It also encourages the exploration of moving in new directions, bringing excitement and joyful expectation about the possibilities in life.
TREATMENT: Beryllium treatment is a form of HEAT TREATMENT, mainly for SAPPHIRE, that adds the element beryllium to the heating process. When SAPPHIRES are heated with beryllium, the result is a reduction in blue tones. Thus bright yellow or orange sapphire can be produced from weak yellow or greenish gems.
USAGE: Pendants, rings and necklaces, studs or earrings and any other jewellery.
WHAT WE SUPPLY: Best quality Yellow Sapphire in Round Cut in different sizes.
