 Sapphires...
In earlier times, some people believed that the firmament was an
enormous blue sapphire in which the Earth was embedded. Could there be a
more apt image to describe the beauty of an immaculate sapphire? And yet
this gem comes not in one but in all the blue shades of that firmament,
from the deep blue of the evening sky to the shining mid-blue of a
lovely summer's day which casts its spell over us. However, this
magnificent gemstone also comes in many other colors: not only in the
transparent grayish-blue of a distant horizon but also in the gloriously
colorful play of light in a sunset - in yellow, pink, orange and purple.
Sapphires really are gems of the sky, although they are found in the
hard ground of our "blue planet". Blue is the main color of the
sapphire. Blue is also the favorite color of some 50 per cent of all
people, men and women alike. We associate this color, strongly linked to
the sapphire as it is, with feelings of sympathy and harmony, friendship
and loyalty: feelings which belong to qualities that prove their worth
in the long term- feelings in which it is not so much effervescent
passion that is to the fore, but rather composure, mutual understanding
and indestructible trust. Sapphire is the birthstone for September and
for commemorating the 5th, 23rd and 45th wedding anniversaries. |
