Sapphire – The Birthstone of September

September’s birthstone is sapphire and is known to bring physical and emotional balance. Sapphire is also commonly given as the 5th and 45th wedding anniversary. The Greek word for blue “sapphirus” gives sapphires their name.

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Sapphires have long been a tradition for priests who think they symbolize purity, as well as king s who thought they symbolized wisdom.

Compared to other gemstones, sapphires, like rubies, are a variety of corundum. Sapphires come in magnificent colours that range from pink and lavender hues to a rare orange colour and the most popular deep blue sapphire that helped earn its name.

Sapphires have been mined since the 7th century BC in an area of India now known as Sri Lanka. They are also found in other areas around the world such as Australia, Nigeria, Kenya, Madagascar, America, Thailand, Myanmar, Tanzania, China, and Myanmar.

The way that corundum crystals are formed it causes large sapphires very rarely making the largest ones very valuable. The 563 carat Star of India which is on display at the Museum of Natural History in New York City. This sapphire is known as the most famous of star sapphires, which are cut to reflect light from inclusions within the stone and reveal a bright six pointed star pattern.

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It was said that a venomous snake put in a vessel made of sapphire would immediately die. Sapphires have earned a reputation as begin a great all purpose medicine and have been ingested as an antidote to poison. Sapphires have also been ground into powders as a remedy for things ranging from colic to mental illness.

Egyptians once associated the clear sapphire with the eye of Horas, the “eye in the sky”. Sapphires were used by Greeks to tap into their subconscious mind by opening of the “third eye”.

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