This purple sapphire necklace features a round 6mm natural purple sapphire mounted in a 4 prong basket setting and a snake style 14k solid yellow gold chain. Perfect contrast for yellow gold lovers. • Handmade in the USA. • Gold KT: 14K Yellow Gold. • Gemstone : 6mm Purple Sapphire. • Chain type: 1mm Snake Chain with Lobster Clasp. • Chain length: 20″. • Setting Type: Basket Setting, Rabbit Ears. • Ready to ship. This item will be delivered in a beautiful handmade necklace box. About Sapphires Blue sapphire belongs to the mineral species corundum. It can be a pure blue but ranges from greenish blue to violetish blue. The name “sapphire” can also apply to any corundum that’s not red and doesn’t qualify as ruby, another corundum variety. Besides blue sapphire and ruby, the corundum family also includes so-called “fancy sapphires.” They come in violet, green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, and intermediate hues. There are also “parti-colored” sapphires that show combinations of different colors. Some stones exhibit the phenomenon known as color change, most often going from blue in daylight or fluorescent lighting to purple under incandescent light. Sapphires can even be gray, black, or brown. [From www.gia.edu]
