Yellow gold 585 earrings with blue sapphire

Gold 585 proof, sapphires
 Size: 11x11mm,
 Size of sapphires: 1.5mm-20pcs.- 0.3ct
 Weight: 4.89g


 Sapphire (from the Hebrew spir - "Sapir" - from biblical texts, although the Bible rather referred to another stone - lazurite) is a type of mineral - corundum. Any jeweler-quality corundum crystal that is not red in color (red corundums are called rubies) is called a sapphire. Most often, sapphire is blue. The corundum that forms sapphire is colorless in its pure form. The special color is given by various additives, such as iron, chrome.
 The various shades of blue are given to the sapphire by iron and titanium admixtures. If the crystal has an insufficient amount of such an impurity, it has a light, gray color and a lower value.
 Yellow and green color is also given by iron admixture. Pink sapphires have an admixture of chromium. If there is more chromium, the stone is closer to red and is considered a ruby.
 Violet, purple colored corundum has vanadium admixture. Such gems are traditionally less valuable.
 White sapphires (leukosapphires) are most often initially slightly brownish or yellowish. The pure color is obtained by heating them. Pure colorless corundum is very rare.
 There are also sapphires that change color in different lighting – blue in daylight and purple in artificial lighting.