Sapphire
Sapphire is a gemstone of the corundum family, renowned for its bewitching blue color. Although blue is the most famous hue, sapphire can also be found in other colors with the exception of red. The main sources of high-quality sapphires are Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar) and Madagascar. This gem is often chosen for its durability and timeless appeal, making it a preferred choice for bespoke jewelry such as engagement and wedding anniversary rings.
Sapphire is a gemstone of the corundum family, renowned for its bewitching blue color. Although blue is the most famous hue, sapphire can also be found in other colors with the exception of red. The main sources of high-quality sapphires are Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar) and Madagascar. This gem is often chosen for its durability and timeless appeal, making it a preferred choice for bespoke jewelry such as engagement and wedding anniversary rings.
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The expertise of Maison Bonnot Paris is the result of an alchemy between tradition and innovation. Our stones are precision-cut, guaranteeing exceptional brilliance and symmetry.
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From the casting process to the final polish, each creation is the result of the meticulous work of four specialized craftsmen.
This collaborative process ensures that each piece of jewelry is a work of art in its own right.
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Due to age-old traditions linked to royalty, in Europe as well as in Asia, and thanks to the generosity of the deposits, blue sapphire is the most sought-after. Its various hues are also highly esteemed, and can easily be combined with a variety of materials to create sapphire rings and other jewelry.
The craze for other colors such as teal sapphire and green sapphire is much more recent. Now, while the blue sapphire ring is still a wonderful timeless classic, jewelers are creating sumptuous pieces with pink sapphires, rarer than the blues, and orange sapphires, even rarer.But sapphires come in other colors, such as violet or yellow. These variations depend on the chemical elements in the stones.
Buying a sapphire is not a trivial act, since there are some excellent imitations, stones that have undergone treatments that are not reported, and others sold without a gemmological certificate, among the main risks.
La maison Bonnot only sells sapphires with a certificate of authenticity issued by a gemmological laboratory, and the same goes for our other stones. We obtain them without any intermediaries, enabling us to offer you the best prices and quality guarantees. You also have a wide choice of ways to personalize a unique creation.
Buying a sapphire, whether as part of an investment, a collection or a jewelry-design project, requires some knowledge of the quality criteria, which include assessment of color, saturation, luminosity, clarity (presence of inclusions visible or not to the naked eye), carats and cut, to give the stone its shape. A minimum of knowledge is useful, even if consulting an expert is essential for reliable evaluation. Lastly, take into account the origin of the sapphire, which can have an impact on its price, as well as the heating process, any treatments that may reduce the price and, of course, the colors and varieties of sapphire. Certain trends in stones and jewelry influence their popularity and, consequently, their price.
A member of the corundum family (aluminum oxide), sapphire is a hard stone (Mohs scale: 9/10) and one of the most appreciated in jewelry design.
The blue sapphireSapphire mines are found in Madagascar, India (Kashmir region), Burma and Brazil, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) sapphire is highly prized, whether blue or another color, for the quality of the stones and their heating. Heating sapphires is a common practice to intensify color.
Today, sapphire engagement rings are among the most popular jewelry items. However, sapphire has been used to create all kinds of pieces since ancient times. Back then, it was a sacred stone in many parts of the world.
It was in 1798 that sapphire was formally identified as a corundum by two French and English mineralogists. Some specimens are legendary, generally large sapphires used in the creation of royal jewels. Long before it became the symbol of the 16-year wedding anniversary, the sapphire nuptials, the stone was often confused with lapis lazuli and sometimesaquamarine.
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