ESTATE ANTIQUE 14K GOLD NATURAL BLUE SAPPHIRE & DIAMOND BAND RING ART DECO
Item History & Price
ESTATE ANTIQUE 14K GOLD NATURAL BLUE SAPPHIRE & DIAMOND BAND RING ART DECO IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO RESERVE THE BIDDING STARTS AT .99Elegant and feminine, this diamond and sapphireband will win her heart. Created in 14K yellow gold, this band features shimmering diamonds and oval -cut bright blue sapphires, symbols of faithfulness and unending love. wrapped in Diamonds complete this magnificent style. A look she'll treasure, this band d...elights and a bright polished shine. Athoughtful look for the September birthday girl, nothing says 'I love you'quite like diamonds and sapphires. Bold and glamorous, thisvintage-inspired gemstone and diamond ring is anything but ordinary. this choice features an alluring 7.0 x 5.0mm oval -cutbright blue sapphire . Shimmering diamonds punctuate the yellow gold bars of the shankwhile gold rows of diamonds wrap this Art Deco design .Captivating a brilliant buffed luster, thisring pulls out all the stops. An extraordinary treat for anextra-special someone, this gemstone and diamond ring is designed to sparklefor a lifetime. Blue is indeed the best-known and themost valuable of sapphire colors. The prized Kashmir and Burmese sapphires havea deep blue that is described as both intense and velvety. These sapphires arenot often seen on the market today. Sri Lankan and Madagascar sapphires are themost common today, with a wide range of colors from light blue to dark blue.With blue sapphire, the intensity of blue is the most important factor. Forexample, a huge sapphire with a washed-out, weak blue color is much less valuablethan a much smaller stone of excellent color. An intense, rich pure cornflowerblue that is not too dark or too 'inky' is the most desirable color. Overall, sapphires that are too dark or too light in color are less valuable, butlight-blue sapphires often have greater brilliance that is rarely found indarker blue stones. Colorless sapphires are actually quite rare, since moststones will exhibit some faint hints of color. In the gem trade, when referringto sapphire, blue sapphire is the official designation; all other colors, including pink, green, orange, purple and white sapphire, are referred to as'fancy sapphire'.SAPPHIRE Folklore, Legend, and HealingProperties: Its powers include spiritualenlightenment and inner peace. Sapphire is believed to offer healing propertiesfor rheumatism, colic, and mental illness. It is also considered anantidepressant and an aid to psychokinesis, telepathy, Sapphire is the non-red variety ofcorundum (the red variety of corundum is ruby). A 9.0 on the Mohs scale ofhardness, sapphire is the second hardest natural mineral. Blue is by far the most popular colorfor sapphires, but they can be almost any color, including yellow, green, white, colorless, pink, orange, brown, and purple. Padparadscha is the name fora rare orange-pink variety of sapphire and has a higher value than bluesapphires.
