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Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
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1990s Contemporary Sapphire More Necklaces
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
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Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Sapphire More Necklaces
Amethyst, Peridot, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Tourmaline,...
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Purple Sapphire, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Sapphire More Necklaces
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
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Diamond, Blue Sapphire
1970s Vintage Sapphire More Necklaces
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold
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Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Necklaces
Blue Sapphire, Gold
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Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Peridot, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Y...
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Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
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Blue Sapphire, White Gold
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Diamond, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
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Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
1990s Sapphire More Necklaces
Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Freshwater Pearl, Sapphire, Agate, Rose Gold
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Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold
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Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Amethyst, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, ...
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Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Tanza...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Necklaces
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Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Diamond, Pearl, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
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Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
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Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold, 14k Gold
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Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
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Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Blue Topaz, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel, Gold
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Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
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Yellow Sapphire
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Diamond, Pink Sapphire, White Gold
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Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
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Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
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Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
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Blue Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
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Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s Sapphire More Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
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Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow S...
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Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Sapphire, 9k Gold, Silver
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Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, White Gold
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Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Sapphire More Necklaces
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
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Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
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Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
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Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
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Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
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Vintage and Antique Sapphire Jewelry
The stone of choice for Napoleon, Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor has been a favorite of aristocrats and the well-to-do since the time of the Ancient Greeks. Learn how to shop for the bright blue gems that star in vintage and antique sapphire jewelry, and why it's chemically impossible for a sapphire to turn red.
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).
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