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[[File:Sapphire.jpg|400px|thumb|Logan sapphire with | [[File:Sapphire.jpg|400px|thumb|Logan sapphire with [[diamond]]s]] | ||
'''Sapphire''' is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminium oxide (α-Al2O3) with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, cobalt, lead, chromium, vanadium, magnesium, boron, and silicon. | '''Sapphire''' is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminium oxide (α-Al2O3) with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, cobalt, lead, chromium, vanadium, magnesium, boron, and silicon. | ||
The name sapphire is derived via the Latin sapphirus from the Greek ''sappheiros'' (σάπφειρος), which referred to lapis lazuli. It is typically blue, but natural "fancy" sapphires also occur in yellow, purple, orange, and green colors; "parti sapphires" show two or more colors. Red corundum stones also occur, but are called rubies rather than sapphires. | The name sapphire is derived via the Latin sapphirus from the Greek ''sappheiros'' (σάπφειρος), which referred to [[lapis lazuli]]. It is typically blue, but natural "fancy" sapphires also occur in yellow, purple, orange, and green colors; "parti sapphires" show two or more colors. Red corundum stones also occur, but are called rubies rather than sapphires. | ||
The sapphire is the birthstone of September. | The sapphire is the birthstone of September. | ||
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The [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] [[grimoire]], ''[[Sefer Raziel HaMalakh]]'' was said to be inscribed on sapphire plates which were then handed to Adam by [[Metatron]]. A similar legend says the same plates were given to Noah before the flood. | The [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] [[grimoire]], ''[[Sefer Raziel HaMalakh]]'' was said to be inscribed on sapphire plates which were then handed to Adam by [[Metatron]]. A similar legend says the same plates were given to Noah before the flood. | ||
An Italian superstition holds that sapphires are | An Italian superstition holds that sapphires are [[amulet]]s against eye problems, and melancholy. Mary, Queen of Scots, owned a medicinal sapphire worn as a pendant to rub sore eyes. | ||
===Christianity=== | ===Christianity=== | ||