A Guide To September’s Birthstone – Sapphire

August 28, 2024Birthstones, SapphiresBirthstone, Blue Sapphires, Pink Sapphires, SeptemberMark Johnson

What is Sapphire? Sapphire is the official birthstone for September and provides a fabulous gemstone for jewellery lovers. As you will see from our graphic below. Sapphire is the common name of Corundum. Sapphires and Rubies are both Corundum.However, the name Ruby is reserved specifically for the red colours of the precious gemstone.Secondly, the sapphire Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk

Pale Blue Sapphires vs Medium Blue Sapphires

March 22, 2016GemstonesBlue SapphiresMark Johnson

The Gatsby design, shown with a pale Cornflower blue sapphire surrounded by diamonds. Cheap vs Expensive Sapphires Buyers who are familiar with sapphires usually appreciate the enormous difference that one blue sapphire can possess compared to another. A large proportion of sapphires sold in jewellery are lower quality, commercial grade gemstones suitable for cheaper jewellery. You’ve probably seen small Read the full article…