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September Birthstone: Sapphire

Cristina on September 19th, 2008

Did you know? Sapphires come in all colors except red. Blue is the most common color for sapphire. White sapphire is may be used as a diamond substitute. Sapphire has a hardenss of 9 on Moh’s scale. “Brazilian sapphire” is really blue topaz or similar color tourmaline. “Water Sapphire” are really Iolite. Natural sapphires are [...]

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