IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australia Sapphire 0.50ct Rectangular Gem
Located in Birmingham, GB
Also has good clarity with only some small natural inclusions visible when looking closely. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market. No diffusion or other treatment.
Unique 1.33ct Bi Colour Australia Sapphire Yellow Blue Fancy Cut Gem 9.5x6mm
Located in Birmingham, GB
Also has an excellent fancy cut and excellent clarity, a very clean stone. VS. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market. No diffusion or other treatment.
Unique Bi Colour IGI Sapphire Certified Blue Yellow Australia 0.69ct Rare Gem
Located in Birmingham, GB
Also has good clarity with only some small natural inclusions visible when looking closely. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market. No diffusion or other treatment.
Unique IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australian Sapphire 0.98ct Fancy Cut
Located in Birmingham, GB
With a very good heptagonal cut. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market. No diffusion or other treatment.
Unique 0.77ct IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australian Sapphire Fancy Cut
Located in Birmingham, GB
With an excellent fancy cut. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market. No diffusion or other treatment.
Pink Sapphire Carved Emerald Cts 306 South Sea Pearl Necklace
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Featuring 306 carats of heated pink sapphires from Madagascar and intricately carved emeralds from Zambia, this piece showcases a perfect harmony of bold color and delicate artistry.
Diamond, South Sea Pearl, Ruby
$114Sale Price|20% Off
Indigo Blue Sapphire 0.75ct Natural Australian Cushion Cut Loose Gem
By Gemsandjewelsuk
Located in Birmingham, GB
Also has an excellent cushion cut measuring 5.8x4.5mm. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market. No diffusion or other treatment.
Unique GIA Certified Natural 1.49ct Bi Colour Sapphire Thai Gemstone 7.6x6mm
Located in Birmingham, GB
Fully certified by GIA. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market. No diffusion or other treatment.
SGL Certified 4.75 Carats Blue Sapphire & Diamond Ring in 18K Gold
Located in Pasadena, CA
Centering on a natural heated blue sapphire weighing approximately 4.75 carats, this elegant ring is adorned with thirty round brilliant-cut diamonds totaling approximately 0.45 cara...
1.08ct Ceylon Sapphire Cornflower Blue Loose Fancy Fan Cut Natural 8.6x6.2mm VS
Located in Birmingham, GB
A top grade, unique shape Sri Lankan cornflower blue sapphire. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market.
1.48ct Unique Green Sapphire Fancy Cushion Scissor Cut Loose Gem 9.8x4.5mm VVS
Located in Birmingham, GB
Also has an excellent fancy cushion scissor cut and excellent polish. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market. No diffusion or other treatment.
$1,035Sale Price|20% Off
1.08Ct Ceylon Sapphire Cornflower Blue Loose Fancy Fan Cut Natural VS
By Gems and Jewels UK
Located in Birmingham, GB
A top grade, unique shape Sri Lankan cornflower blue sapphire. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market.
$817Sale Price|20% Off
1.65Ct Natural Sapphire Vivid Blue Green Unique Heart Cut Rare Gem IF
By Gems and Jewels UK
Located in Birmingham, GB
Mined in Sri Lanka, source of some of the finest sapphires in the world. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market.
2.10ct Natural Sapphire Vivid Blue Green Australian Fancy Cut Gem 7.4x6.6mm Vs
By Gems and Jewels UK
Located in Birmingham, GB
Also has excellent clarity, a very clean stone. VS. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market. No diffusion or other treatment.
Unique Natural 1.61ct Blue Green Bi Colour Sapphire Heart Cut Rare 7x6.3mm VVS
By Gems and Jewels UK
Located in Birmingham, GB
Also has an excellent heart cut and polish to show great shine and colour, would look lovely in jewellery. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market. No diffusion or ot...
2.45 Saphire Earrings purple yellow 14 kt Yellow Gold Ilakaka Mine Madagascar
Located in Viena, Viena
untreated NATURAL COLOR sapphires in overwhelming colors...always a rarity because most sapphires are heated, stud earrings classically set in 750 yellow gold, 4 sapphires, drops an...
Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Natural Sapphir Spinel Brillant Necklace 18kt Whitegold 2.60 ct 0.20 ct Ilakaka
Located in Viena, Viena
ntreated NATURAL-colored sapphires combined with spinel from Tajikistan and brilliant-cut diamonds... always a rarity, most sapphires are heated, from the Ilakaka mine Madagascar yel...
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Spinel, Purple Sapphire, 18k Go...
Saphire Brilliant Earrings 1.40 1.09 ct Ilakaka Mine Madagascar blue and apricot
Located in Viena, Viena
untreated NATURAL COLOR sapphires, always a rarity, most sapphires are heated, wonderfully set in halo sitl with a triple brilliant cut wreath, 2 sapphires in different colors blue a...
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Saphire Brilliant Earrings 2.06 ct 1.15ct green lavendel Ilakaka Mine Madagascar
Located in Viena, Viena
untreated NATURAL COLOR sapphires always a rarity, most sapphires are heated, wonderfully set in halo style with a triple brilliant-cut diamond wreath, 2 sapphires in different color...
Diamond, Green Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1.6 ct Yellow Saphire Brilliant Ring Platinum wonderful symbolic Color very good
Located in Viena, Viena
, unworn About the history of the sapphire: The sapphire (derived from the Greek sapir=blue, symbolizes the different color nuances of the sky, at any time of the day, including at...
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
18k Yellow Gold GIA Bright Multi Color Gemstones & Diamond Adjustable Necklace
Located in Montclair, NJ
Stock Number: MK-630410903 --Certification Details for Sapphire:-- Laboratory: GIA Report Number: 1232855313 Shape: Oval Cutting Style: Crown: Brilliant Cut Cutting Style: Pavilion:...
Diamond, Garnet, Yellow Sapphire, Tourmaline, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
Unheated Saphires yellow purple NATURAL COLOR 0.96 ct Ilakaka Mine Madagascar
Located in Viena, Viena
..untreated NATURAL COLOR sapphires...always a rarity, most sapphires are heated, from the Ilakaka mine Madagascar yellow purple NATURAL COLOR total approx. 0.96 ct in the size 6 x 4...
Tanzanite
“Diana” Spaced Oval Halo Five Carat Pink Oval Sapphire Platinum Ring
By David Gross Group
Located in New York, NY
• The center stone will be a rare oval heated sapphire weighing a minimum of five carats • The pink sapphire will be accompanied by a gem report from one of the top gemstone labo...
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
“Diana” Spaced Oval Halo Six Carat Blue Oval Sapphire Platinum Ring
By David Gross Group
Located in New York, NY
- The center stone will be a rare oval heated sapphire weighing a minimum of six carats - The sapphire will be accompanied by a gem report from one of the top gemstone laboratori...
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2.45 Saphire Earrings purple yellow 14 kt Yellow Gold Ilakaka Mine Madagascar
Located in Viena, Viena
untreated NATURAL COLOR sapphires in overwhelming colors...always a rarity because most sapphires are heated, stud earrings classically set in 750 yellow gold, 4 sapphire drops in di...
Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
On 1stDibs, shop the bright blue gems that star in sapphire rings, sapphire necklaces and other vintage and antique sapphire jewelry.
Sapphires — the stone of choice for Napoleon, Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor — have been a favorite of aristocrats and the well-to-do since the time of the Ancient Greeks.
Picture a sapphire. If the stone you conjure is a deep cornflower blue, you’re seeing only part of the picture. Although blue Kashmirs are considered the most valuable, sapphires come in every color except red. No matter the hue, this very special gem is rich in history and beloved by royals (FYI, Princess Diana and Kate Middleton share an 11-carat sapphire engagement ring), so September babies are in very noble company.
America’s version of royalty — old money and celebrities — have also shown a predilection for the blue stones. In 1940, John D. Rockefeller Jr. had Cartier mount a 62-carat sapphire he had bought from an Indian maharajah in a brooch for his first wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; in 2001, the piece sold for a then-record of $3,031,000 at Christie’s New York.
The grand dame of jewelry, Elizabeth Taylor had a passion for the gems that her lovers were happy to indulge. Second husband Michael Wilding gave her an engagement ring set with a cabochon sapphire, while Richard Burton famously presented her with a BVLGARI sautoir set with diamonds and sapphires, including at its center a cabochon Burmese weighing 52.72 carats. One of the star lots in the sale of Taylor’s jewels at the Christie’s New York in 2011, it sold for $5,906,500.
You don’t have to have blue blood or a bulging bank account, however, to get an eyeful of this much-coveted gem. A number of outstanding examples reside in public collections.
The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History owns the 423-carat Logan sapphire, a gift from the Guggenheim family, and the Hall sapphire and diamond necklace, designed by Harry Winston and featuring 36 fine, well-matched cushion-cut Sri Lankan sapphires weighing a combined 195 carats. Also in the collection is the Bismarck sapphire necklace, designed by Cartier and sporting a central sapphire weighing 98.6 carats, which Mona Von Bismarck donated to the museum.
Sapphires are composed of corundum. Their color derives from trace elements, such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper or magnesium. When the trace element produces a ruby hue, the stone is called, what else, a ruby. (which is, as mentioned above, why sapphires cannot be red by definition).
The allure of large gemstones endures throughout the periods characterized as vintage, and sapphire features frequently in vintage engagement rings. (On 1stDibs, a range of buying guides can be found for those in the market for antique engagement rings, vintage engagement rings or Art Deco engagement rings.)
Find an exquisite collection of vintage and antique sapphire jewelry on 1stDibs.