Top 10 Varieties Of the Gemstone Sapphire
Sapphire can occur in almost all colors except red.Sapphire hardness on Mohs scale is 9 /10 (one of the best ever, 3rd hardest gem after diamond and moissanite).
The Top Ten
1 Blue Star Sapphire
Star Sapphires have rutile needles inside responsible for the amazing optical effect called asterism (star-like effect).
2 White Star Sapphire
3 Blue Sapphire
4 Pink Sapphire
5 Padparadscha Sapphire
It's a pink-orange sapphire, which is the rarest color of sapphire. Most jewelers never seen one.
6 Green Sapphire
7 Particolored Sapphire (Parti Sapphire)
Sapphires that exhibit two or more colors within a single stone (mostly found in Australia)
8 Black Sapphire
9 Purple Sapphire
10 White Sapphire
It's Colorless Sapphire - can be used as a diamond alternative
The Contenders
11 Yellow Sapphire
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