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Ceylon White Sapphire
White Sapphire is a colorless veriety of corundum Family. It is using instead of Diamond Because of the hardness and its brilliance luster.
Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminum oxide with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper, or magnesium.
Sapphire deposits are found in Eastern Australia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Madagascar, Greenland, East Africa, and in North America in mostly in Montana. Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and Kashmir produce large quantities of fine quality Sapphires for the world market. Sapphires are mined from alluvial deposits or from primary underground workings.
Blue Sapphire and Ruby are the most popular Gemstone in Corundum Family.
also, Orangy Pink Sapphire is called Padparadscha. The name Drive’s from the Sinhalese word “padmaraga” ” පද්මරාග“, meaning lotus blossom, as the stone is of a similar color to the lotus blossom.
Also, Sapphire can be found as parti-color, bi-color or fancy color. Australia is a main parti-color Sapphire producer.
also, White sapphire is a very popular stone to wear instead of Diamond as a 3rd hardness gemstone after diamond ( moissanite hardness is 9.5).
A star sapphire is a type of sapphire that exhibits a star-like phenomenon known as asterism.
Also, A rare variety of natural sapphire, known as color-change sapphire, exhibits different colors in a different light.
Sapphires can be treated by several methods to enhance and improve their clarity and color. A common method is done by heating the sapphires in furnaces to temperatures between 500 and 1,850 °C for several hours, or by heating in a nitrogen-deficient atmosphere oven for 1 week or more. Geuda is a form of the mineral corundum. Geuda is found primarily in Sri Lanka. It’s a semitransparent and milky appearance due to rutile inclusions. Geuda is used to improve its color by heat treatment. Some geuda varieties turn to a blue color after heat treatments and some turn to red after oxidizing. Also, Kowangu pushparaga turns to yellow sapphire after oxidizing.
Sapphire Crystal system is a Trigonal crystal system with a hexagonal scalenohedral crystal class. Sapphire hardness is 9 according to the Mohs hardness scale with 4.0~4.1 specific gravity.
Refractive index ω =1.768–1.772 nε =1.760–1.763 Solubility = Insoluble
Melting point = 2,030–2,050 °C
Birefringence = 0.008
Pleochroism = Strong
Luster = Vitreous
Sapphire is the birthstone for September and the gem of the 45th anniversary.
Healing Properties of Sapphire
Sapphire releases mental tension, depression, unwanted thoughts, and spiritual confusion. Sapphire is known as a “stone of Wisdom”. It is exceptional for calming and focusing the mind, allowing the release of mental tension and unwanted thoughts. Sapphire is also the best stone for awakening chakras.
White Sapphire brings wisdom and strength of spirit. It stimulates the pineal and pituitary glands and also beneficial in gathering courage. White Sapphire stimulates the Crown Chakra. It helps to balance crown chakra to balance your energies. When crown chakra balance, energies are balance. As a pure Aluminium Oxide crytal, White Sapphire clears the mind during meditation. It's vibrant energies help to reduce stress and keep calm your mind during meditation.
Descriptions
Colour : Bluish-White
Shape : Octagon
Weight : 1.44 Cts
Dimension : 7.2 x 5.7 x 3.4 mm
Treatment : Heated
Clarity : VS
• CSL - Colored Stone Laboratory Certified
( GIA Alumina Association Member )
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growing outdoors in Northern California! This is the first time I've had this variety bloom, will be interesting to see how it tastes! this plant gets blasting full sun from sun up all the way to sunset! It's been a relatively cold spring and summer up here, but a few heat waves and many luke warm days keep these plants growing. Took 2 years from planting to first flower.
Akbar tea presentation trays Includes an assortment of black teas and flavored teas in alufoil envelope type tea bags
Shot in Thattekad Bird Sanctuary in Kerala.
The Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Batrachostomus moniliger, is a relatively small frogmouth. The frogmouths are a group of tropical nocturnal birds related to the nightjars.
This species is found only in the Western Ghats in southwest India and Sri Lanka. Its habitat is dense tropical forest. A single white egg is laid in the fork of a tree and incubated by the female at night and the male in the day.
The Sri Lanka Frogmouth is about 23 cm long. It looks large-headed, and has a large flattened hooked bill and huge frog-like gape. The female is rufous, lightly spotted with white. The male is grey and more heavily spotted.
Like other frogmouths, this species rests upright on branches during the day, camouflaged by its cryptic plumage and appearing like a broken branch. At night, it hunts insects with its large gape. The flight appears weak and fluttery, but they are capable of flying quietly under the forest canopy.
The Sri Lanka Frogmouth is best located at night by its song, which is a loud descending cackly and frog-like series of Klock-klock-klock-klock-klock calls. It has a the quality of sound produced by rattling pebbles. This is the call of the male and it is often answered by the female whose call is low long harsh Krrshhhh.
growing outdoors in Northern California! This is the first time I've had this variety bloom, will be interesting to see how it tastes! this plant gets blasting full sun from sun up all the way to sunset! It's been a relatively cold spring and summer up here, but a few heat waves and many luke warm days keep these plants growing. Took 2 years from planting to first flower.