purple sapphire and color change/color shift

[paradoxla]

Hello. I am have been lurking here for quite sometime learning as much as I can about colored stones. I have made some purchases but this one in particular fascinates me. It is a purple sapphire which changes from a purple violet to a pink violet with very brilliant flashes of pink and under UV, it glows a VERY bright pink.

My question, is this considered a good color 'changer' (is this a word?)? Thanks for any responses.


Sorry for the poor image quality but I'm just starting to photograph stones (very new to this) and this one is really hard to photograph.

 

[Pandora II]

IMO, colour shift is when a stone changes part way between two adjacent hues - ie a stone that goes from a blue to a purpleish blue.

A colour change stone either shifts completely to an adjacent hue - ie a stone that goes from blue to purple, or jumps to a non-adjacent hue - ie blue-green to red-purple such as in alexandrite.

As yours goes from pink-violet to purple violet it should probably be called a colour shifter - it's a lovely example.

 

[paradoxla]

Thank you so much, pandora. I've been reading about the different between terminology and you have confirmed what I interpreted as well, that this a color shift, not a color change. I also read I shouldn't halo this stone because it'll affect the color shift. Any setting suggestions from anyone? It was not an 'expensive' stone so I don't want to spend too much on the setting but am baffled because of two colors it can transform to.

 

[T L]

Thank you so much, pandora. I've been reading about the different between terminology and you have confirmed what I interpreted as well, that this a color shift, not a color change. I also read I shouldn't halo this stone because it'll affect the color shift. Any setting suggestions from anyone? It was not an 'expensive' stone so I don't want to spend too much on the setting but am baffled because of two colors it can transform to.

I have several color shifting spinels, very similar to your sapphire, and haloing them doesn't affect the color shift IMO. Lovely stone by the way.

 

[paradoxla]

Thank you, TL. I'm glad to know a halo will not change the color shifting. Really appreciate the response.

 

[minousbijoux]

Ooh, I like threads like this - good questions, pretty eye candy, and good answers in short order! I hope you do halo it, and it really has lovely coloring.