Yellow Sapphire Mineral Information
Natural Yellow Sapphire gold ring
Here is comprehensive mineral information about yellow sapphire. Do make sure that you know your facts, especially before buying a precious yellow sapphire so that your purchase is sound or cleaning the yellow sapphire (using chemical agents or electronic processes) so that your gem remains safe.
Species: Corundum
Color: A wide range of shades spanning – very pale yellow, light butter yellow, golden butter yellow to bright and vivid canary yellow
Chemical composition: Al2O3, Aluminum Oxide
Color causing trace element/ Chromophore: Iron / Fe
Crystal system: hexagonal
Hardness: 9 on Mohs scale
Specific gravity: 3.99 – 4.00
Refractive index: 1.76 – 1.78
Birefringence: 0.008
Dispersion: Low (0.018)
Flourescence : Yellow Sapphire usually none. Natural yellow sapphire will sometimes fluoresce in shortwave UV light; synthetic yellows will not.
Origins: Burma, Sri Lanka, India, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, Thailand, Cambodia, China, Australia, USA.
Selected Rings, Pendants and Talismans made available to Gemstoneuniverse.com patrons in August 2013
Gemstoneuniverse.com Table Natural Yellow Sapphire Gemstone Facts
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Gemstone |
Natural Yellow Sapphire |
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Weight |
2.73 carats |
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Treatment |
None. Fully Natural |
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Origin |
Sri Lanka/Ceylon |
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Planetary Energy |
Jupiter |
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Patron Location |
Ontario, Canada |
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All inclusive Price |
$ 1384.61 / INR 90692 (Why) |
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Comments |
Featured today is a fine natural and treatment free yellow sapphire of 2.73 carats set in 22 karat gold as Jupiter talisman. This oval cut Ceylon yellow sapphire has a golden butter yellow color with excellent clarity and lustre.Natural Yellow sapphire also known as pukhraj stone is the gem of Jupiter/ Brihaspati and is used to harness its benevolent energies.View this Yellow sapphire before it was set.Note: The above links generally exist on the website for a period of 40 days after which they are periodically deleted to make way for new gemstones and to enable faster browsing.Enjoy it in Video:
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