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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Sometimes dealers or on-line retailers may use misleading terms for the sapphires. Experts at Angara are trained in identifying the different types of precious stones & semi-precious stones and they have put together a list of commonly used false names and the meaning in terms of the actual stone.
Misleading Terms used for Sapphires
FALSE NAME | ACTUAL MEANING/ ACTUAL STONE |
Brazilian Sapphire | blue tourmaline or blue topaz |
Gold Sapphire | lapis lazuli with shiny pyrite sprinkles |
Hope Sapphire | synthetic blue spinel |
Lux Sapphire | iolite |
Lynx Sapphire | iolite |
Sapphire Quartz | massive blue quartz or chalcedony |
Sapphire Spinel | blue spinel |
Water Sapphire | iolite |
Uralian Sapphire | blue tourmaline |
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