Photo: Robert Weldon/GIA. Sapphire is one of the Big three of jewelry colored gemstones—the other two are ruby and emerald. A durable stone that’s designated as a birthstone for September, it captures ...

There are also “parti-colored” sapphires that show combinations of different colors. Some stones exhibit the phenomenon known as color change, most often going from blue in daylight or fluorescent ...

To celebrate the 'September stone,' we look back at five of the most iconic sapphire jewellery pieces worn by the royals throughout the decades. Stepping into September, we enter the month of the ...

Sapphires, morganite, tourmaline, and even unconventional stones like moonstone and salt-and-pepper diamonds are gaining popularity. Many people appreciate the affordability, sustainability ...

But those documents provide no information on the conditions under which the stones were extracted, only on their clinical quality (colour, clarity, size). In Madagascar, the epicentre of sapphire ...