Birthstones · Month 9 of 12

September Birthstone: Sapphire

September’s stone is sapphire. It is cut and moving in the Collection.

Sapphire is corundum coloured by iron and titanium. Kashmir’s velvety blue, mined out within a decade, is still the standard the trade measures against.

The Optics

Fine rutile inclusions in some sapphires scatter light into a six-rayed star known as an asterism.

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See the stone on its own: Sapphire. The same mineral in red is Ruby.

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