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Pink sapphire stones
Pink sapphire stones








The only distinction that separates a red ruby from a pink sapphire is a gemologist’s color grade. Chromium is what gives rubies their red color, so stones with high traces of chromium are rubies, and stones with lower traces fall into the pink sapphire category. Pink sapphires belong to the corundum family of minerals and contain traces of iron, titanium, magnesium, copper and chromium that will determine its color. Let’s learn where this beautiful stone comes from, what it is and how to wear it. While pink sapphires are hardly as elusive and expensive as pink diamonds, they are still very rare. Until that time, pink sapphires were considered exceptionally rare since they were only found in a few locations around the world.

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Pink sapphires have become more widely available since new deposits were found in Madagascar in the late 1990s.










Pink sapphire stones