Sapphires aren't just blue, are they? !

In the jewelry world, sapphire is a general term for all non-red corundum minerals. So sapphire can be divided into blue sapphire and colored sapphire (non-blue).
Blue sapphire is color caused by charge transfer between Fe and Ti ions, and in order to distinguish those that are not blue sapphire, it is called colored sapphire, including yellow, green, purple, pink, orange and colorless.

☑️ The precious variety of blue sapphires
💙 Royal blue: A rich, deep, or purplish blue, the favorite color of the British royal family.
💙 Cornflower blue: Bright, purple-tinged blue. Unique hazy velvet texture, similar to the color of cornflower.

💗 Papalacha sapphire
🧡 Papalacha, an orange-pink sapphire, also known as “Padma” sapphire, or “Lotus sapphire”, is the only corundum variant in the corundum gemstone family, besides ruby and sapphire, to have its own name.
Generally refers to corundum in standard daylight, bright, light to medium saturation “with two shades of pink orange”. Very few, precious and rare.
According to the proportion of pink and orange, it is divided into noble orange pink (outstanding day), and delicate pink orange (sunset).

💗 Pink Sapphire
Pink color due to “chromium” (Cr). Pink sapphire is a very wide color span sapphire variety, rarely see positive pink pink sapphire, often have purple tones appear, so it is not easy to find a beautiful color of the gem.

💛 Yellow Sapphire
It has a yellow tint due to the trace amounts of Ferrum,it is a relatively common color sapphire. Yellow sapphire has a corundum luster, well cut yellow sapphire often has excellent fire color, coupled with large particles more output, is an ideal yellow gem.

💜 Purple Sapphire
A “purple” or “violet” color dominant due to the presence of “vanadium” (V). The color can range from a medium to deep reddish purple to a less saturated violet violet. Purple sapphires without blue tones are rare! This is also the most soothing sapphire .

🤍 White Sapphire
Due to the pure “aluminum oxide” (Al₂O₃), does not contain any color elements, rendering colorless transparent crystals. With “corundum luster”, colorless transparent stones have been well cut, showing the texture of “rock sugar”, is a very beautiful white stone. It can rival a diamond, but it has a little more weather-beaten trace.

💚 Green Sapphire
It is green because it contains Ferrum（Fe）, cobalt and vanadium. The green corundum gemstone was thought to be emerald in the 19th century, and was called Oriental emerald. For all corundum, green sapphire has the best luster, and the particle mass rarely exceeds a few carats.

🧡Orange Sapphire
Orange sapphire according to the depth of color, can be subdivided into orange red, brilliant orange, orange, light orange four colors. The natural high saturation orange sapphire is very rare in the world.