Why choose Chatham blue sapphire?
Chatham’s lab-grown blue sapphires have a velvety blue color and pure clarity seen in only the best mined gems. Blue Sapphire is your gem because... Blue sapphire is the most difficult gem crystal that Chatham grows. Color in sapphire often follows the crystal structure in color zones.
What is the difference between light and dark Chatham Sapphire?
Light Chatham created blue sapphires have more brilliance. But they are lighter in tone with more violet. Dark Chatham sapphires have deep blue body color. They have less violet, but also less light return.
What is a lab-grown blue sapphire?
Chatham’s lab-grown blue sapphires have a velvety blue color and pure clarity seen in only the best mined gems. Blue Sapphire is your gem because...
How much does a Chatham lab Sapphire cost?
7x5mm Chatham Lab-Grown Antique Cushion Cut Blue Sapphire, Weighs .99-1.21 Ct. $445.50$297.00 Sale! 5.5×5.5mm Chatham Lab-Grown Princess Cut Blue Sapphire, Weighs 1.00-1.22 Ct. $450.00$300.00 Sale! 7x5mm Chatham Lab-Created Emerald Cut Blue Sapphire, Weighs 1.05-1.283 Ct. $472.50$304.50 Sale!
What is blue sapphire?
Blue sapphires are doubly refractive and often exhibit pleochroism…the visible display of different body colors from different crystal directions in a gem. Typically, Chatham created blue sapphires show violet ...
What is the difference between medium and dark sapphires?
We stock Chatham sapphires in medium tone, but some light and dark tones may be available. Medium tone is considered top color. The medium tone blue sapphires have a gorgeous blue body color with slight violetish undertones. They also have nice light return. Light Chatham created blue sapphires have more brilliance. But they are lighter in tone with more violet. Dark Chatham sapphires have deep blue body color. They have less violet, but also less light return.
Is Chatham lab sapphire flame fusion?
They have less violet, but also less light return. Chatham lab grown blue sapphires are not cheap flame fusion sapphires. They grow in the natural crystal habit, shown left, in a controlled environment. Because they are carefully grown, you can expect your Chatham created blue sapphire to have gorgeous color and consistent quality.
What color is sapphire?
The ancient Persians believed the earth rests on a giant sapphire and its reflections make the sky and the sea blue. The rich velvety blue of twilight, sapphire is a peaceful color you’ll never get tired of seeing. Sapphire is most common in oval and cushion shapes. Other shapes may be difficult to find in sizes above a carat.
Why do people wear blue sapphires?
Sapphires are the gems of fidelity, honesty, and truth. Sapphires are the reason we say “true blue” and brides wear “something blue.” Today, “something blue” is often the engagement ring. This gem of fidelity is a perfect choice to symbolize a promise. Sapphire became even more popular after Princess Diana and Kate Middleton both received the same lovely blue sapphire engagement ring.
What is the hardest gem to grow?
Blue sapphire is the most difficult gem crystal that Chatham grows. Color in sapphire often follows the crystal structure in color zones. Even the best sapphire crystal has different shades of blue in it. That’s why Chatham lab-grown sapphires come in three lovely shades of blue, not just one.
What is the most famous engagement ring?
The world’s most famous engagement ring is a sapphire: the 18-carat blue sapphire ring worn by Kate Middleton, an heirloom from Princess Diana. Chatham’s lab-grown blue sapphires have a velvety blue color and pure clarity seen in only the best mined gems.
How long does it take for sapphires to grow?
Growing white sapphire crystals takes about six months. We start with a seed of fine Sri Lankan white sapphire. We create the perfect environment so the white crystals grow large and clean. When we cut the crystals, we cut away 80% of the rough to give you faceted white sapphires that are an icy clear white and dance with brilliance.
What is a pure sapphire?
Pure colorless sapphire is the perfect complement to everything in your wardrobe. This fancy sapphire is the symbol of clarity and honesty. Popular as a diamond alternative in engagement rings too, Chatham’s lab-grown white sapphires have the icy color and brilliant clarity seen in the best mined gems.
Why are lab grown gemstones better than mined gems?
One of the benefits of lab-grown gemstones is that they have less of an impact on the environment than mined gems. Through technical refinement and innovation, Chatham strives to offer gemstones that are sustainably grown to perfection.
What is Chatham gemstone?
by Chatham Created Gems & Diamonds. Chatham gemstones are known for their superior quality thanks to the continuous technical refinement over our 80-year history. By duplicating the conditions deep within the Earth, including temperature, pressure and chemical makeup, our laboratory can grow gemstones over a year’s time.
How to grow gem crystals?
You place the starter material, water, in a container, and put the container into a controlled environment: your freezer. Create the right conditions of temperature and time and ice crystals will form. The freezer ice will usually be cleaner and more perfect than lake ice because you can carefully control the environment. But it’s still ice, just like the ice that forms in nature. In a way, what we do is a sophisticated high-tech version of freezing water to form ice.
Why is freezer ice better than lake ice?
The freezer ice will usually be cleaner and more perfect than lake ice because you can carefully control the environment. But it’s still ice, just like the ice that forms in nature.
What is a gemstone?
Gems: The Touchstones of Life. When life calls for meaning and sparkle, think gems. A gemstone is the only gift that is timeless and perpetual. Begin a family tradition with lab grown gemstone jewelry that captures a special moment in time. Keep your treasured memories alive by passing its story along with it.
Do gemstones have the same properties as mined gems?
These gemstones have the same physical, chemical, and optical properties as mined gems do. We don’t “make” gems. We control the environment so that crystals can grow naturally: recreating the conditions in which gems grow in the earth.
What color is champagne sapphire?
Just peachy, the color of champagne sapphire is what attracts most collectors to this exotic gem. Its soft pastel blush tone is flattering against any skintone. Its pink champagne color looks especially lovely set in rose gold. This feminine gem is a variety of corundum, the gem family that also includes a variety of sapphires and ruby.
Where does peach sapphire come from?
Most commonly referred to as peach sapphire, this truly spectacular stone comes from Sri Lanka. Not to be confused with padparadscha sapphire, another variety of corundum with a more peachy dominant color saturation than champagne.
Do champagne sapphires have an impact on the environment?
The oval or century cuts have risen to popularity above all other shapes. But the best part is that our champagne sapphires have less of an impact on the environment than mined gems because they are grown in a lab.
