Sapphire History
Blue is the main colour of the sapphire. Blue is also the favourite colour of about half of all people, men and women alike. We associate this colour,, with feelings of sympathy and harmony, friendship and loyalty: feelings which belong to qualities that prove their worth in the long term, the sky and oceans reflect feelings of composure, understanding and indestructible trust. Thus the blue of the sapphire has become a colour which fits in with everything that is constant and reliable. That is one of the reasons why women in many countries wish for a sapphire ring on their engagement. The sapphire symbolises loyalty, but at the same time it gives expression to people's love and longing. Perhaps the most famous example of this blue is to be found in music, in George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue". And the blue of the sapphire even appears where nothing at all counts except clear-sightedness and concentrated mental effort. The first computer which succeeded in defeating a world chess champion bore the remarkable name 'Deep Blue'.
However, the sapphire has yet more surprises in store. For example there is an orange variety with a fine pink undertone which bears the poetic name 'padparadscha', which means something like 'lotus flower'. a rarity are the Star Saphires, half-dome-cut sapphires with a starlike light effect which seems to glide across the surface of the stone when it is moved. There are said to have been gemstone lovers who fell in love with these ems for all time. And indeed the permanence of relationships is one of the features that are said to belong to this gemstone.
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