Sapphire Classification and Internet Purchasing
Sapphire is commonly known as a blue gem and Sri Lanka holds a solid world market share. But the country's actual strength lies in the so-called fancy sapphire. In fact in 2005, for the first time ever, fancy sapphires overtook the ruby in world sales and are now in position two behind the blue sapphire. "Fancy" is any sapphire that is not red (ruby) or blue. Sri Lanka is the world champion for yellow, pink, purple, white, orange and any other color combination (except green). Some species, like Padparadscha or truly white (colorless) sapphire, are said to be found only on this little island.
The most famous of all fancy sapphires is the Padparadscha. Pads (amongst f
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