by Lyssa Delgado
Welcome to Crystal Clarity! This blog article will bring you a weekly take on a new crystal, including it's magical and mundane principles. We'll also do crystals, gems, and other stones by request! Please send your requests into the mails of Lyssa Delgado, and I'll make sure to include your requests in a full article!
This week we are studying the birthstone of September: sapphires! Often the comparison for blue eyes YA protagonists and their love interests, sapphires are actually closely related to rubies on a geological level. They both have corundum as their base mineral, but the iron in sapphires make them usually blue, and the chromium in rubies generally make them red! Corundum gemstones are the second hardest of the most precious of gemstones, after diamonds. Sapphires can actually come in more colors than just blue too! Some can be yellow, green, or even a rose gold color! Some are even colorless and used in place of diamonds in jewelry!
Sapphire as we know it wasn't named till the Middle Ages. Formerly, the word sapphire was used for another blue stone called lapis lazuli, which we will cover later. The Greeks associated sapphire with the god Apollo, and they would wear it to see the oracle at Delphi, offering it to the god through her. Sapphire is also associated with Judaism, representing the tribe of Issachar of the twelve tribes of Israel. Kings, queens, and clergy associated the stone with godliness during the middle ages, as the heavens are blue. It was thought by them to dispel evil thoughts and radiate tranquility.
The sapphire actually used to be the birthstone of April! In 1912, an association of jewelers in the United States changed the traditional listing of birthstones, moving sapphire to September. It also has become symbolic of the 45th wedding anniversary.
Metaphysically speaking, sapphire is said to be the wisdom stone, stimulating concentration, enhancing creativity and promoting purity and depth of thought. It is also said to help people deal with intrusive thoughts, negative mental patterns, and evil tendencies. Many people associate sapphires with the start of a new school year or educational journey of some sort! It os also purported to protect you from dishonesty, fraud, nightmares, poverty, and even stupidity and bad temper.
It is known as the stone of new love and commitment and is claimed to be useful in encouraging faithfulness and loyalty, making it a historically popular stone for engagement and wedding rings. One of the most famous of said sapphire rings belonged to the late Princess Diana, and now belongs to her daughter-in-law Duchess Kate. The rare and beautiful star sapphire is also popular for rings. The three crossed lines in a Star Sapphire have been said to represent hope, faith and destiny.
That's it for this week's Crystal Clarity! Remember to send in your requests for certain stones to me, and I'll cover them here in the article! Until next time, may you have wonderful days!
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