Huge sapphire future appreciation of space

September is a month full of hope, which is not open to usher in the first week of small Mid-Autumn Festival reunion. Therefore, non-September birthday stone symbolizes love, loyalty, hope and love is none other than sapphire, the Oriental peoples, sapphire also as a "guiding stone", is said to wear it good luck.

In the latest poll multicolored, sapphires and rubies, emeralds are entitled to 80% of visibility.

Origin: Western royal worship were "imperial stone"

In the gemstone family, sapphire head forever shrouded in the aura of the sacred circle, mysterious, noble, its English name Sapphire translated that perfection thing. It is another imperial stone, Stone of Destiny, the stone of love in the world, almost every era of Western imperial family have been its ability to attract and bless the considered sacred and collection of treasures. From a global perspective, the main origin of sapphire for Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and other countries, China, Shandong, Anhui and other regions also produced sapphire, but because of awareness and other reasons, it is still not recognized by the international sapphire comparable.

Sapphire consumption is mainly popular in Japan and the United States and Europe. For example, the Christian clergy to do with a sapphire ring or crown jewel is inlaid into the engagement ring couples, and the Japanese do 23 with sapphire wedding anniversary stone, but unfortunately, it belongs in China "is just a legend" category gems.

In addition to the beautiful blue sapphire and a huge branch - color sapphire, and all corundum except red and blue are called color sapphire.

Formed in the mantle of high temperature and pressure, the color of sapphire corundum is classified into a class, is in addition to the diamond on Earth hardest natural mineral, basic chemical composition is alumina, the hardness of 9, second only to diamond. Those with a non-red corundum gemstone characteristics are color sapphire, showing a variety of colors, but the clear deep blue gemstone most precious.

Sapphire is the biggest characteristic is most uneven color, two-color and strong. For example, Burmese sapphire production areas, was bright blue uniform (which is caused due to titanium color), because it contains inclusions, can produce six or twelve shooting stars. Indian Kashmir sapphire, was cornflower blue, indigo microstrip purple, bright colors, high-quality sapphire. Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Australia, the production of sapphire is also distinctive.

The reaction from the market point of view, the most popular color sapphire best known and most expensive way to Sri Lanka produced orange pink sapphires, pink and orange exist, and two colors embraced. Some people call it domestic Padma corundum. In Sri Lanka, where the language, it means "lotus", representing the holiness and life. U.S. consumers are most popular pink sapphires, is the price after the pink sapphire orange color, but if the pink in with visible brown, gray, value will be greatly affected.

In addition, yellow, bright orange, lavender, purple and blue-green, such as sapphire is also very popular with collectors welcome. Color sapphire color more colorful, more rarely, the higher the value.

Market: sapphire future appreciation of the enormous space

Sapphire is in addition to diamonds, rubies, emeralds outside the most precious gems tradition, it is called a blue royal blue, so it shows the market price of money.

Yesterday, sapphire latest news about the most talked about way to pass Apple's new product market iPhone or iWatch will be equipped with sapphire glass screen. At present, Apple has been using the sapphire material to protect the iPhone's camera and TouchID fingerprint sensor.

Thus, the future appreciation of the enormous space sapphire.

According to "Chinese colored gemstone collection trends report" shows that colored gemstones tight global supply, China demand amplification, prices rose sharply. Specific to the sapphire, 2008-2013 Sri Lanka sapphire net gains of up to 200-300%, Burma sapphire net gain is as high as 300-500%.

Last year, Christie's Hong Kong spring auction, a 44.53 kt Burma unheated sapphire inlaid in the Cartier diamond necklace, the auction sold for $ 2.8 million, priced at $ 63,000 carats. From the price, it is usually good clarity and color sapphire vivid color, the higher the price. If the color is soft tonal range, clarity must be good, otherwise inclusions or flaws become apparent. And, like other precious stones, the main factors affecting the price of sapphire for clarity, cut, natural, weight.

Sapphire is directly proportional to the value and natural, that is, the higher the degree of natural stones, relatively higher value. After mined gemstones, often not perfect, there are some places, such as the color is too light, etc., to improve the appearance of precious stones, often using conventional heating methods, and these methods have not changed fundamentally due to the composition of matter consisting of stones, so, gemstone industry, including being recognized inspection agency can be accepted. However, compared to optimized sapphire, completely non-optimized natural sapphire, the price is extremely high, and the international market price has increased steadily. So, in the purchase of top-sapphire, the authority to ask the jeweler laboratory identification certificate is necessary.

Difference: confusing aquamarine

Lift the sapphire, it is reminiscent of the recent appreciation of the Chinese market very fast collection of aquamarine, then what is the difference between them do?

In fact, aquamarine, and the first two newspaper "collection" Emerald introduction, Morgan beryl stone belong to the same family, is transparent beryl crystals. And a coloring element which is completely different from the sapphire, so that the different varieties. Because beryl aquamarine color caused containing iron ions, so that presents crystal blue sky blue or sea, it was this name. No multi-color sapphire.

Aquamarine is mainly grown in Brazil, Russia, China, belongs only to the mid-range gems, along with a collective appreciation multicolored family, its price has doubled, but still can not be compared with belonging to high-grade sapphire gemstones.

The famous sapphire varieties

Kashmir Cornflower - King Sapphire

From India and Pakistan border Kashmir sapphire is the most prestigious of its mining entirely artificial mountain crevice in struggling to explore mining. It is said that the quality of Kashmir sapphire can show a similar plateau sky like a pure, rich and slightly positive blue with purple, which the national flower of cornflower blue and Germany has a lot of similarities, it is also known as cornflower sapphire.

In today's market, most people have never heard the name of Kashmir sapphire, and even slightly aware of those, it is only just heard his name, no matter which. Kashmir sapphire absolutely could easily appear in shopping malls or shops, jewelers and generally only senior international auctions in possible chance to see, hundreds of thousands of dollars per carat price of non-ordinary people can afford. November 21, 2008, Geneva, precious stones autumn auction held at Christie's, a 42.28 kt of Kashmir sapphires to the final sale price $ 3,458,400 to create a sapphire auction total price high.

Royal Blue - sapphire nobility

Sapphire in the non-noble "Royal Blue" must go, and the best produced in our neighbor Burma. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II that is produced in Myanmar 一枚 huge royal blue sapphire brooch, is before the marriage of Prince Albert gave Queen Victoria's day gift, sapphire surrounded by 12 round diamonds, beloved Queen Victoria jewelry, often wear, however, after the death of Prince Albert, perhaps to avoid Duwusiren, Queen Victoria never worn it.

Compared with the Kashmir has never produced cornflower, so far, Myanmar royal blue sapphire is still a small amount of new annual output.

Red Lotus Sapphire

Red Lotus Sapphire, also known as "Padma" sapphire, the color of a red lotus, representing the holiness and life is sacred religious believers hearts colors.

Red Lotus sapphire colored sapphires belong to the most expensive one, is the second independent name sapphire, also known as the "Red Lotus corundum," consisting of color from pink and orange, two colors you have me, I have your indispensable complement each other. Most ideal red lotus sapphire pink color is 50% plus 50% of the orange, red lotus sapphire initial production in Sri Lanka.


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