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Definitions of sapphires in various dictionaries:
noun - a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
noun - a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
noun - a light shade of blue
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| Highly prized blue corundum gems |
| The Kashmir variety of this gemstone is a cornflower blue; the Burmese a deeper blue |
| The 182-carat star of Bombay, one of these blue gems, inspired a brand of gin |
| Thailand is an important source of these blue September birthstones |
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Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, an aluminium oxide (-Al2O3). It is typically blue, but natural "fancy" sapphires also occur in yellow, purple, orange, and green colors; "parti sapphires" show two or more colors. The only color which sapphire cannot be is red as red colored corundum is called ruby, another corundum variety. Pink colored corundum may be either classified as ruby or sapphire depending on locale. This variety in color is due to trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper, or magnesium. * Commonly, natural sapphires are cut and polished into gemstones and worn in jewelry. They also may be created synthetically in laboratories for industrial or decorative purposes in large crystal boules. Because of the remarkable hardness of sapphires 9 on the Mohs scale (the third hardest mineral, after diamond at 10 and moissanite at 9.5) sapphires are also used in some non-ornamental applications, such as infrared optical compo |