:: 🦚 :: sapphire 〰️ a brief background
〰️ name from two ancient terms: sappheiros (Greek) & sapphirus (Latin), both meaning blue
〰️ a prized treasure since ancient times. During the Middle Ages it was worn to protect from evil.
〰️ hx. associated with royalty & nobility (until the 17th century anyone else was forbidden from wearing); we love this whole dangerous stone business.
〰️ this one will blow your mind. sapphire & ruby are essentially the same stone. They are colour variations of the mineral corundum and identical in chemical composition / mineral structure.
〰️ dazzling & durable. sapphires are second in command on the scale of mineral hardness.
These tough cookies make the perfect everyday option w/out having to worry about damaging the integrity of the stone.
There is a reason that sapphire has been so heavily favoured by the historically elite. They’re the crème de la crème of colour x