Sapphire Jewelry and Blue Sapphire

About Sapphire Jewelry

Sapphire jewelry starts with corundum, the mineral family that also gives us ruby. Corundum in any color other than red is called sapphire, and blue sapphire is the variety most people mean by the word. Its color comes from trace iron and titanium, and the most valued blue is a vivid, saturated royal or cornflower shade of medium tone, neither washed out nor inky. Sapphire rates 9 on the Mohs scale, second only to diamond, so it keeps its polish in a ring worn every day. It is also the September birthstone.

A buyer chooses between color first, then clarity, cut and size. Blue sapphire is expected to look clean to the eye, and a small inclusion matters far less than a dull or overly dark color. The designs here include rings, pendants and necklaces, among them halo styles that set a sapphire among diamond accents. Sapphire also comes in pink, yellow, green and white, and this page carries those as well as blue.

Treatment is the part of buying sapphire that moves the price most. Heating is standard: most natural blue sapphire is heated to improve color and clarity, the change is permanent, and a heated stone is the market norm. An unheated sapphire of strong color is much rarer and sells at a premium, and that premium is only worth paying when an independent laboratory report states the stone is unheated. Where no grading report states otherwise, treat the sapphire as heated. Diffusion treatment, which adds color at the surface, and the filling of surface fractures are lower-value treatments that sit well below a heated stone in price.

Some listings in this catalog are named mountings. A mounting is a setting made to hold a center stone, so it is not a sapphire piece, and the name is there so you can tell the difference.

Why ATL Luxury Jewelry for Sapphire

ATL Luxury Jewelry has been open since 2008, with 300+ five-star Google reviews and a showroom at 1905 Scenic Hwy N Ste 230, Snellville, GA 30078. Sapphire is worth seeing in person, because a blue that looks right on a screen can read gray or inky under showroom light. Cleaning, inspection and prong tightening are free in store, and engraving is free at purchase.

Catalog pieces are made to order. If you want a sapphire in a setting you do not see here, we design custom pieces with you in the showroom, and you can book a design consultation or call (704) 684-7530.