Madagascar pink sapphires are heated at lower temperatures for less time than the process used for blue stones. Historians found evidence that Romans heated sapphires to increase color and clarity.

TREATMENT: These gems are commonly treated with heat to preserve their natural beauty. It increases developing sensuality, and can help overcome heartache, aiding in the improvement of our caring and loving abilities. Pink is the color of new love, new romance and new relationships. Its soothing color calms feelings of anger or resentment, and can aid efforts to meditate and reflect. Pink Sapphire reflects the toned-down, more feminine aspect of red color energy, bringing determination, commitment, and caring. Pink Sapphire has been used as an aid in telepathy, clairvoyance and astral projection. UNUSUAL PROPERTIES: Pink Sapphire clears out emotional blockages, enhances self-reliance, and attracts all that is needed for spiritual evolution and growth. Heating in a reducing atmosphere can brighten, saturate, and even out the color of a gem. An oxidizing atmosphere will help lighten the color.īIRTHSTONE: Sapphire is birthstone for September Color follows graining planes and natural color zones. The color is stable, permanent, and throughout the gem, just as it would be in a natural stone.

This is just one of the many reasons why heat treatment is performed on most corundum. Heated sapphires come in all colors of the rainbow.

For that reason, the industry has accepted heat treatment.

ORIGIN: Madagascar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Ceylon, Burma, Burmese, Australia, India, Kenya, Tanzania, U.S.A., ChinaĬHEMICAL COMPOSITION: Al2O3Corundum (Aluminium Oxide)įORMATION: To satisfy the current demand for natural sapphire, heating mass quantities of corundum is the only solution. However, we can also supply hot pink and purplish pink color. COLOR: Pink Sapphire we sell here is light pink as the sizes we sell are small.

Natural pink sapphire