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Sapphire is one of the most popular jewelry stones. The blue variety is most often used in jewelry, but the yellow, pink, and orange stones are ... popular. A rare orange-pink variety, known as padparadschah, is even more valued than blue sapphire.
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Sapphire is a precious stone or gem that is a form of corundum, a hard mineral of aluminum oxide. Sapphire is prized for its translucent beauty. It is the focal point of many pieces of fine jewelry. Sapphires can be set in pendants, rings, earrings, brooches and tiaras.
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Sapphire can exhibit moderate to strong color zoning, caused by growth layers as the crystal is formed. On the other hand, sapphire from Burma can have a very uniform color with little or no color zoning. The color zoning may appear as concentric hexagonal rings (below, left), parallel to the prismatic crystal faces. Adept stone cutters will insure that the faceted stone has some color in the culet to enhance the color when viewed through the table and crown. From the side ... these stones will have little color.
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In February, 2006, Sapphire became one of the first organisations in Europe to certify to ISO / IEC 27001, the international standard for Information Security Management. This certification confirms that Sapphire has met stringent criteria in the operation of it's Information Security Management System and is able to verify it's position with an external auditor.
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Sapphire has been cherished for thousands of years as a symbol of sincerity and faithfulness, and is the birthstone of September and the 5th and 45th anniversary gemstone. Sapphire is an excellent choice for an engagement ring.
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The games are best-sellers, having sold more than five million copies in Japan,[2] and nearly six million copies in North America.[3] Combined, Ruby and Sapphire are the best-selling Game Boy Advance games in history. Separately, they are both among the top 3 best-sellers for the Game Boy Advance. In 2007, they were collectively named 10th best Game Boy Advance game of all time in IGN's feature reflecting on the Game Boy Advance's long lifespan.[4]
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