{"id":3245,"date":"2015-09-26T17:04:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T17:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/wpblog\/english\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2017-02-13T13:53:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T13:53:05","slug":"the-september-birthstone-the-sapphire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-september-birthstone-the-sapphire\/","title":{"rendered":"The September birthstone: the sapphire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For each month there is a gemstone called birthstone. For September the birthstone is the sapphire.<\/p>\n<p>The sapphire exists in all the colors of the rainbow.<\/p>\n<p>The sapphire is one of the four precious gemstones as diamond, ruby sapphire and emerald.<\/p>\n<p>As ruby, the sapphire belongs to the corundum family.<\/p>\n<p>The most famous blue sapphires are coming from Kashmir, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. But they are also huge sapphires in other countries as Madagascar.<\/p>\n<p>The rarest sapphires is the Padparadscha sapphire, from Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/sapphire-blue-round-calibrated.html\">Our sapphires (blue - round calibrated) on sale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/sapphire-orange-red-treated-4.html\">Our sapphires (orange-red - treated) on sale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/sapphire-pink-round-calibrated.html\">Our sapphires (pink - round - calibrated) on sale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/sapphire-purple-calibrated.html\">Our sapphires (purple - calibrated) on sale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/sapphire-violet-calibrated-4.html\">Our sapphires (violet - calibrated) on sale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/sapphire-white-round-calibrated.html\">Our sapphires (white - round - calibrated) on sale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/sapphire-yellow-round-calibrated.html\">Our sapphires (yellow - round - calibrated) on sale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/sapphire-yellow-orange-round-calibrated.html\">Our sapphires (yellow-orange - round - calibrated) on sale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/sapphire-france-auvergne.html\">Our sapphires (France, Auvergne) on sale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.co.uk\/gemstones\/padparadscha-sapphire.html\">Our sapphires (Padparadscha) on sale<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3245 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-september-birthstone-the-sapphire\/olympus-digital-camera\/'><img width=\"251\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/SAPH0082-251x195.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Unheated purple sapphire\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/the-september-birthstone-the-sapphire\/sapb0009\/'><img width=\"275\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemfrance.com\/wpblog\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/SAPB0009-275x191.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sapphire - 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