The Fun of a Pink Sapphire Engagement Ring

The pink sapphire engagement is all the rage in fashionable circles possibly because these unique gem stones are suddenly in generous supply. This is thanks to a more recently discovered sapphire mine in Madagascar that is a rich depository of both pink and yellow stones of a high quality.

Sapphires are also almost as durable as diamonds and make a good choice for a ring that can be worn every day. Pink sapphires are equally as hard as blue sapphires, which are second only to diamonds on the Moh scale of mineral hardness. Diamonds have a hardness rating of 10 while all sapphires have a hardness rating of 9. This makes them a compatible match to combine with diamonds to create a unique engagement ring design.

Pink sapphires are especially fun and modern when combined with yellow sapphires. Depending on how deep their hue is a pink sapphire can look like a rare old fashioned raspberry colored ruby from Ceylon or like a piece of the palest pink transparent rose quartz. Yellow sapphires can look like light colored emeralds, yellow diamonds or citrines. White sapphires are often confused for being diamonds and in fact a white sapphire might just be the next best thing to a real diamond with a hardness that is far superior to the zircon, which only has a hardness of 6. Traditionally it is zircons that are often used to masquerade as a diamonds.

Anyway you look at it sapphires are one of the most versatile choices for a wedding or engagement ring. A current craze is for the pink sapphire eternity bands that feature three interlocking bands of pink, yellow and white gold paved with sapphire chips. Another very popular look, inspired by an engagement ring owned by Paris Hilton is the bright yellow sapphire solitaire surrounded by two pink sapphires.

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