Yellow Sapphire

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Bright yellow to canary yellow!

Yellow Sapphire colors can range from light pastel yellow to medium yellow to a strong orangey-yellow.

Sapphires and Rubies are actually the same mineral – corundum. Pure Corundum is colorless; trace elements in different percentages are responsible for all the colors.

Sapphires are routinely treated to improve their clarity and color. However, many of our Yellow Sapphires are completely Natural and untreated (see product labelling on each gem).

Principal mining locations for Yellow Sapphire are Sri Lanka, Australia, Tanzania and Thailand.

They are durable gemstones with a hardness of 9 on the Mohs Scale and can easily be used in all types of jewelry.

Sapphires are September’s birthstone and their variety of colors offers so much choice! They also celebrate the 5th and 45th Anniversaries.

We have more shades, cuts and sizes available in Yellow Sapphire – please contact us if you don’t find what you are looking for in our online inventory.

click here to see a selection of Yellow Sapphire for sale

Colors

light yellow

medium yellow

deep yellow

lemon yellow

canary yellow

orangey-yellow

brownish-yellow

Family/Species

Corundum

Properties

RI = 1.762-1.770 DR

SG = 4.00 (+/-0.03)

Dispersion = 0.018

Hardness = 9

Highly suitable for use in jewelry

Treatments

Many treatments and enhancements are currently being carried out on
sapphires;

We generally prefer to work with Natural Sapphires or regular-Heated Sapphires

see policy on Treatment Disclosure

Important information

Natural, untreated Sapphire is getting harder and harder to find in the market; it sells for a premium over treated and enhanced stones

Corundum (both natural and man-made) is widely used as an abrasive thanks to its hardness – it can scratch almost every other mineral

Birthstone

September

Anniversary

5th

Cuts

Calibrated sizes up to 4mm

All standard cuts and free sizes

Mining locations

Tanzania (Umba Valley, Tunduru, Songea),  Kenya, Sri Lanka, Madagascar and  other localities