When it is any color other than red, the mineral corundum is a sapphire. While most people think of sapphires as blue stones, they actually come in a full rainbow of hues, including pink, orange, purple, yellow, blue and green.
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How to care for sapphire jewelry
2010-07-12 16:49:50
When you buy sapphire jewelry,some things you must to care for. As we all know the sapphire is corundum gemstone of any color except red which is called ruby. The sapphire is a durable and next to the diamond of hardness, but sapphire jewelry aslo needs to be properly maintained.
It’s important to take care when handling and wearing sapphires to avoid damaging the stone with a hard knock. Sapphires should be cleaned regularly to keep their fire bright, since the quality of the sparkle is determined by the refraction of light through the transparent gem’s facets.
And the following we will give you some useful information on the caring for sapphire jewelry.
1.When you wear sapphire jewelry: You must finish your makeup before you wearing your sapphire jewelry, put your sappire jewelry first and take off it lastly,so that the chemicals in hairspray and your makeup won't damage the piece and you will have to clean it less often.
2.When you do strenuous activities: Before you do any strenuous activities or other sports, you should take off your sappire jewelry firstly, in case of the possibility of breakage. Because sapphire can be shattered with one blow if struck hard enough,though it is more harder or durable than other gemstone.
3..When you clean sappire jewelry: You should use warm water,and test the temperature with your finger,the water shuldn’t hot and never boiling. According to how dirty the stone is, choose the soak time.Next remove the jewelry from the cleaning water and clean the stones with a soft cloth or toothbrush.
4.When you storing sapphire jewelry: You should store it in cool and dark out of sun. Avoid sudden temperature changes, which can crack the sapphire.
So you can get useful information from the suggestions we give above,avoiding some mistakes that you may made.Keep your sapphire jewelry often in glitter and bright.
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