Types Of Sapphires Names

Yellow sapphire sometimes also called golden sapphire if intensely colored pink sapphire white sapphire describes sapphire that is colorless green sapphire purple sapphire orange sapphire black sapphire note that there are several other less commonly used variety names of sapphire.

Types of sapphires names. These days all gemstones are considered precious since they are all rare and there is a limited supply of them. Trapiche emerald var enstatite. Parti sapphires show two or more colors. All other gemstones are considered as being semi precious stones.

Examples of different types of garnets include pyrope almandine spessartine hessonite tsavorite uvarovite and andradite. The traditional list of gemstones that are considered precious stones are. This list can be seen on the extended gemstone list page. Sapphire is a precious gemstone a variety of the mineral corundum consisting of aluminum oxide α al 2 o 3 with trace amounts of elements such as iron titanium chromium vanadium or magnesium it is typically blue but natural fancy sapphires also occur in yellow purple orange and green colors.

Some more color varieties of naturally occurring sapphire stones are green sapphires orange sapphires purple sapphires and black sapphires. These terms are based on old traditions from the west. Its crystal structure may be a cubic or rhombic dodecahedron belonging to the isometric crystal system. We offer a vast selection of blue sapphires pink sapphires yellow sapphires white sapphires and other unique natural sapphires.