Birthstone — November
Planet — Jupiter
ABOUT
Yellow Sapphire measures 9 on Moh’s Scale of Hardness like all other sapphires. Yellow Sapphires cover a huge range of yellow shades from light yellow, to lemon yellow to orange or golden yellow to greenish yellow. The brighter the color, the more valuable the Sapphire. Yellow Sapphires often play substitute to yellow diamonds in jewellery as it is far more affordable. Yellow Sapphires are heavily popular astrological stones and are substituted by Citrine or Yellow Topazas cheaper alternatives.
SOURCE
Yellow sapphires are found in Kenya, Brazil, Thailand, Australia, Burma, Tanzania, Cambodia and Sri Lanka are major sources of good quality yellow sapphire; Sri Lanka being its primary source. Even though Madagascar produces sapphires in all popular colors, is known in the market as Ceylon Sapphires.
COMPOSITION
Sapphires like Rubies belong to same family of Corundum. It turns blue with the presence of iron and titanium. Sapphires are popular for its intense color and transparency and can be quite expensive. Sapphires also have a color changing variety that alter color in daylight and incandescent light. Blue Sapphires come a variety of shades, the royal blue or deep color being most popular.