Types Of Sapphires Names

Garnet ranges from 6 5 to 7 5 on the mohs scale of hardness.

Types of sapphires names.

Examples of different types of garnets include pyrope almandine spessartine hessonite tsavorite uvarovite and andradite. Sapphire is a precious gemstone a variety of the mineral corundum consisting of aluminum oxide α al 2 o 3 with trace amounts of elements such as iron titanium chromium vanadium or magnesium it is typically blue but natural fancy sapphires also occur in yellow purple orange and green colors. Some more color varieties of naturally occurring sapphire stones are green sapphires orange sapphires purple sapphires and black sapphires. In addition to these varieties sapphires are available in a colorless variety called the white sapphire or colorless sapphire.

Its crystal structure may be a cubic or rhombic dodecahedron belonging to the isometric crystal system. Parti sapphires show two or more colors. All of our sapphires are cut on our premises and are available loose or mounted in a custom setting. Trapiche emerald var enstatite.

This list can be seen on the extended gemstone list page. We offer a vast selection of blue sapphires pink sapphires yellow sapphires white sapphires and other unique natural sapphires. The traditional list of gemstones that are considered precious stones are. All other gemstones are considered as being semi precious stones.