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Rings
are very
old body
decoration,
and a
sapphire
ring is
something
special.
They
come in
various
forms,
shapes,
with our
without
a stone,
with
several
stones
or
whatever,
the
limit is
only the
fantasy,
creativity
and the
budget.
A couple
of ten
thousand
years
ago the
artists
who
painted
the
caves
might
just
have
used
some
strong
grass to
adorn
fingers,
after
stones
were cut
and
polished,
notably
jadestones,
metal
was
introduced
and the
jewelry
became
more and
more
sophisticated.
After
being
able to
cut and
polish
this
hard
material
forms
were
created
and
maybe
one of
the
first
precious
stones
used
were
sapphire
and
rubies.
The
Babylonians,
Sumer
and
people
of Egypt
plus
Mayas,
Incas,
Olmecs
and
others
gradually
managed
to
produce
more and
more
sophisticated
rings,
this
were
jade
rings
and
others
with a
integrated
stone.
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If you
like a
beautiful
piece of
jewelry
on your
fingers
there
are
plenty
of
possibilities,
there
are
diamond
rings,
various
other
types
with
precious
stones
and
maybe
set on a
white
gold,
yellow
gold or
a
platinum
frame.
Stone
are
ruby,
emeralds,
jade,
diamonds
and
plenty
other,
one of
those
are
sapphire
rings. That could be a blue, yellow, pink, white or any other sapphire color, there is a broad spectrum, they call that fancy colors.
There is a star among sapphires and rubies, which are actually physically similar but got a different inclusion during forming.
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Star rubies and star sapphires
produce a star effect when they are exposed to a pointed light source or normal outside light, if the light source has a other form it won’t show a star. Usually there is a six ray star but very rare 12 ray stars have been seen.
If you are on a slim budget an alternative would be to buy the precious item with a
synthetic sapphire rings,
this stones are physically similar to the normal sapphire, actually even better because they don’t have inclusions and the color can be manipulated, they are much less expensive and is not visible to anyone unless someone has a trained eye and a big magnifying glass Many people buy those items, have some diamonds around and it is a
This is the same with rubies, sometimes people enhance the stones by a heating process which makes the stone more saturated and brilliant but if there is such a stone it must be declared to the customer because if this precious item is sold again and carefully inspected it will show up and the price drops dramatically.
In general, when buying any sapphire rings
with a stone for more than about $ 1000,- have the item checked in an independent lab, because lots of dirty tricks are going on in this business and don’t believe any certificate or talking of the sales person , that only sound and smoke.
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