Sapphires are helpful for people with dementia or Alzheimer's disease. For those who have undergone reconstructive surgery in which titanium has been used, this is an excellent stone to support good physical health the energy calms inflammation and promotes post-surgical healing. Sapphire is supportive when setting the intention to improve bone density and strength. A low iron content brings about yellow or green sapphires, and chrome produces pink ones.

The colouring pigment of blue sapphire is iron and titanium, and in violet sapphire the pigment is vanadium. In fact, all colours of corundum (except red, which is Ruby) are called Sapphire. In the USA, beautiful pale blue and violet sapphires and a pastel palette of other colours have been found.Īlthough people most often think of sapphire as dark blue, it is found in a diversity of colours, including many shades of blue, violet, pink, white, green, black, yellow and orange. Today, the world’s most abundant source of sapphire in Australia Sapphires have been discovered in India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Madagascar, Tanzania, Pakistan, Afghanistan and East Africa. It is found in metamorphic and igneous rocks and alluvial deposits. It forms in prismatic, bi-pyramidal, rhombohedral or tabular crystals and can also occur in granular or massive habits. Sapphire is a variety of corundum, an aluminium oxide.

Raw blue sapphire