how many colors do saphires come in?

Answer 1

The most desirable and valuable color for a sapphire is a deep, royal blue. The color should not change in varying light. You don't have to stick with blue, however, to enjoy a beautiful sapphire. There are several fancy sapphires featuring other colors.

* Purple - These plum colored sapphires may be light or dark, and the lighter shades are almost closer to pink in color, especially when exposed to any light.
* Pink - Because sapphires and rubies both come from the Corundum family, a pink sapphire may be confused with a light ruby. If it has a purple hue to it, however, it will be considered a sapphire.
* Orange - The most valuable of these sapphires are those that feature a darker, red-orange color. Some orange stones of lesser value are those with a yellow hue.
* Yellow - Be sure you look for obvious inclusions in this color sapphire. Its light appearance makes it more transparent, but a light-yellow coloring is what you will want.
* Green - Green stones are considered the least valuable of all the fancy sapphires. They can vary in hues from yellow-green to blue-green. If you want a brilliant, deep green however, you might want to look at Emeralds instead.
* Padparadscha - This rare and expensive sapphire is a pink-orange color. The stone should have both colors evident to be considered this type of fancy sapphire.
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Answer 3

Sapphires come in several colors, but are traditionaly shades of blue. Rubies and Sapphires are both corundum, it is just the coloring agent that differs in them. The impurity in the conrundum which gives the stone it's color changes what you call the gem.

Wikipedia 1: "The corundum group consists of pure aluminium oxide. Trace amounts of other elements such as iron and chromium give sapphires their blue, red, yellow, pink, purple, orange or greenish color. Sapphire includes any gemstone quality varieties of the mineral corundum including the red variety, which is also known as ruby."

Wikipedia 2: "Corundum is naturally clear, but can have different colors when impurities are present. Transparent specimens are used as gems, called ruby if red, while all other colors are called sapphire."

Answer 4

Blue, yellow and white. A red sapphire is called a ruby. They are of the corundum family.