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Star Sapphire Anniversary Gemstone

Finding a star sapphire anniversary gemstone gift may not be easy and some lateral thinking may be required. The blue spinel and blue sapphire also represent this anniversary.



We hope these suggestions will help you...


Star Sapphire Jewelry

There are some very pretty pieces of jewelry to choose from with star sapphires as the center piece. These include pendants, rings, earrings, bracelets and brooches. There are also rings available for men.

Star Sapphire Cuff Links

Find a pair of star sapphire cuff links. Maybe purchase a tie pin to go with them. Buy a shirt and tie to present the cuff links and tie pin on.

Star Sapphire Music

Look for pieces of music with star sapphire in the title such as 'Black Star Sapphire' by Adam Mackintosh. Check the couple enjoy the music before purchasing it.

Vacation

If you are fit and healthy you may decide to take a vacation to one of the areas where sapphires are found.



We hope this has given you some ideas for star sapphire anniversary gemstone gifts. We will be up dating this page with more suggestions on a regular basis. Please visit and take a look.



Facts about Star Sapphire

The star sapphire is a gemstone that exhibits a star-like phenomenon known as asterism. Sapphires are formed from a mineral known as corundum, the single-crystal form of aluminum oxide. It can be found naturally as gemstones or may be manufactured in large crystal balls for a variety of applications.

Sapphire includes any gemstone varieties of the mineral corundum excluding the red ruby.

Sapphire is most commonly blue but also occurs as green, orange, pink, purple, yellow, green, color shift and white. A sapphire colored orange-red is sometimes called a padparadsha.

Blue sapphires come in a wide range of shades of blue. Titanium and iron inclusions within the aluminum oxide are responsible for the various shades of blue. Some stones do not contain much titanium and iron so show tones of gray. Almost all sapphires are heated to a temperature of 3000 °C to give the stone a better color.

Traditionally most sapphires have been mined in Sri Lanka, Madagascar and Myanmar.

Sapphires have a hardness of 9.0 on the Mohs scale and are perfectfor faceted gemstones.

The sapphire is the traditional gift for the 45th wedding anniversary. With the star and blue sapphires celebrating the 65th wedding anniversary.

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