purple sapphire?

[coolguynamek]

Hello All,

Can anybody let me know how exactly purple sapphire looks like. In which type of color is seen these types of stones. I have gone through many websites but there are no purple sapphires of more than 5 carats. I want to see some big purple sapphires images how it looks like ? plz let me know some information about this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[strmrdr]

Pretty much every shade of purple from light to dark.
From purple to blueish with a purple undertone.
There is a huge variation.

 

[valeria101]

Well, what you are looking for does not sound too common. So it may help to order one and let your jeweler search. It is unlikely that a glorious piece like that will make it online.

I find it funny that purple sapphire is judged against the color of amethyst - a stone times less expensive. But this is so - the closer to amethyst purple, the better. Not sure why muddy pink and off-blue sapphire is called "purple"... The two to the right would be "purple" to me, the others... at least not in these pictures, who knows... The four come from HERE.

There is more off the bat:

And a smaller piece on the reddish side of purple you may like as much as I:

The last three pieces would be dead on puple to me, and they are all Tudury sapphire... from HERE

 

[valeria101]

I could not know how good these images are to show their subjects. However, it appears to me that color change sapphire shows the best purple color - when it is not looking blue, that is. Here''s what I mean:

 

[widget]

Here's a picture of my purple sapphire.

(Well, it's purple indoors, anyway!

)

3ct color change sapphire.

widget

(edited to add: Rats...my picture diidn't post

I give up)

 

[valeria101]

With just color in mind, the bit below looksjust so:

but it would ned to grow allot before qualifying to your demands, this is less than 1 carat

A 3 carat piece (link) comes close, as far as my laptop''s understanding of color allows:

There must be much more around, and each seller of those mentioned may have better choices in their vault. I would try...

 

[valeria101]

Date: 11/20/2004 7:56:29 PM
Author: widget

Here''s a picture of my purple sapphire.

This is it

 

[Richard Sherwood]

Valeria, you are the master when it comes to posting photos.

 

[coolguynamek]

Thanx for your pic posting. Very nice to look at it.
what can be the cost of purple sapphire of more than 5 carats?

 

[windowshopper]

just like blues they are all shades---however i believe that they really arent pure purple--they have greens and brown undertones. walter arnstein has a magnificent square purple unheated asscher cut sapphire

 

[valeria101]

Date: 11/21/2004 2:16:49 AM
Author: coolguynamek

what can be the cost of purple sapphire of more than 5 carats?

The stones above cover a serious range of prices. As windowshopper says, the perfect purple with decent saturation is something of a pin in a haystack. Bar such a illusive, amthyste-like specimen, the blue/violet and color changers seem to be the most expensive though - comparable with blue sapphire of similar quality.
You can always go down the links and inspect. "Nice" may not mean all that tremendously expensive, IMO.

Anyway, here''s one more. Looks like one impressive bargain to me:

 

[coolguynamek]

How about this sapphire . Its very really nice sapphire from awesomegems.com I like these types of sapphires very rare to see large once.

 

[valeria101]

Date: 11/22/2004 8:26:49 AM
Author: coolguynamek
How about this sapphire . Its very really nice sapphire from awesomegems.com I like these types of sapphires very rare to see large once.

Isn''t it way small ? I cannot tell from that photo if the respective stone is not rather dark. Perhaps not...

The different shades of color suggest some zoning or color change - not a problem for a small stone, but definitely something to consider for over 5cts, I would say

 

[Colored Gemstone Nut]

How bout this 10.96 carat cushion from Ceylon??

 

[valeria101]

It's tempting to believe that nothing is worth attention but the "best of the best" by everyones' thought. Especially when gems are supposed to sit in your desk drawer - to look at, not to wear. For looks alone, allot more makes perfect sense. In this case, it would be lilac versus plums

 

[coolguynamek]

Hello,

What can be the cost of that 10 carats purple sapphire from ceylon. Looks very impressive