Sapphire is famous for its rich blue color, but is also available in other colors such as pink and orange. Some sapphires even change color depending on the lighting!
Sapphires are a remarkably hard stone, having a rating of 9 on the mohs scale making it the third hardest gemstone.
This gemstone has commonly been used in jewelry, but it has many other uses as well. Such as screens for electronics, crystals for watches, optical components, and more.
There is also a variety of sapphire known as the star sapphire. It gets its name from the way the light catches perfectly arrayed inclusions in the stone as to look like a star.
