Suitable for some cut-gem jewellery with protective settings, but brittle crystal tips and fracture-filled gems need extra care. The illustrative image is not an authenticated mineral specimen or product photograph.
Sapphire is a gem variety of corundum, often associated with blue but also found in other colours. Its hardness makes it an enduring jewellery material, although the secu...
Colour & appearance
Blue and other colours
Mineral family
Corundum (Al₂O₃)
Mohs hardness
9
Representative source regions
Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Myanmar, Australia, Thailand and Montana in the United States are recognised sources. The Kashmir region is historically famous for highly valued blue sapphires.
Sri Lanka Madagascar Myanmar Australia Thailand United States
Jewellery & care
Choose the style and setting to suit the specific stone, treatment information and intended use.
Hardness measures scratch resistance, not breakage. Source regions are educational examples, not claims about the provenance of an individual GEMHOOD product. Images may be digital gemstone illustrations.
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