Sapphires are considered the personification of the celestial dome, a symbol of contemplation and meditation. In the temple of the Olympic god Jupiter the priests wore rings with sapphires of cornflower blue. These stones adorned the garments of the priests of India, Judea. They also adorned the beauty crown of Cleopatra. It is believed that the energy field of blue sapphires calms, removes irritation, excitement, extinguishes raging passions. This stone is considered a crystal of virginity, thanks to the cold emanating from it, and purity.
Sometimes a sapphire is called a stone of nuns because of its ability to extinguish passions. Healing properties of sapphire are widely known. It was used for rheumatism, pain in the spine, attacks of epilepsy, hysteria, with pains of a neuralgic nature. This stone is recommended to be worn in a gold frame around the neck.
Sapphire can protect against fear, perfidy, reservations, heart diseases, poisons. He can purify the blood. Sapphire helps travelers and travelers, grants power. It is not recommended to wear it to inactive and weak-willed people, because it can suppress the initiative even more.
According to one of the versions, the sapphire got its name from the ancient Indian root of the word "canipriya", which in translation means "Saturn's favorite". In another way, a mineral is called an "azure blue". Sapphire is a precious stone.
The name of the mineral indicates a transparent corundum of high-quality jewelery of blue or dark blue color, received its shade due to the admixture of titanium and iron. Western gemmological terminology characterizes sapphire as a transparent crystal of any color, excluding orange and red. And G. Smith, being an English gemologist, noted that sapphire is always a stone of blue color.
The term "sapphire" Russian literature usually meant corundum only in blue. But in Russia there were no special names denoting corundums of not red and not blue flowers. This led to the fact that special articles began to operate with terms like "blue sapphire", "green", "pink", "yellow" sapphires.
According to another version, the sapphire was named from the Greek word form "sapfeos", which means a blue or blue valuable crystal. Until the 13th century it was called lapis lazuli. There is a theory of the origin of the word from the Babylonian or Akkadian word "sipru", which means "scratching", or from the Hebrew word form. The name for transparent corundum of blue color - "sapphire" - G. Wallerius suggested in the 18th century. In another way, sapphire is called a blue yahoo, a safira, an azhone blue.
Place of Birth. The main deposits of sapphires are found in the USA, Russia, India, France, Africa, Australia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Thailand.
Therapeutic and magical properties of sapphire
Medical properties. Traditional healers used sapphires to treat very many diseases. It is believed that this mineral is a powerful remedy for diseases of the kidneys, urinary tract, bladder. Sapphire is credited with the ability to heal rheumatic heart disease, heart disease, women's diseases, wounds. Some nationalities use this stone in the treatment of skin diseases, ear diseases, leprosy. There is an opinion that the mineral increases the effectiveness of chemical and natural medicines. It is believed that one must constantly wear a gold ring or a ring with sapphire to prevent the development of various diseases and effectively heal from existing ones.
The crystal affects the heart chakra.
Magical properties. Sapphire is the personification of constancy, purity, virginity, chastity, virtue, love of truth, pure conscience. As already mentioned above, Europeans called sapphire "stone of nuns." Eastern peoples linked the properties of sapphire with the best qualities of a person, such as selflessness, friendship, modesty. Some legends say about the ring with this stone, which helped distinguish lies from the truth.
Current magicians use amulets and amulets with sapphire in order to better understand the surrounding reality. They bring help in strengthening love, guard against deception, contribute to building relationships, strengthening marriage ties.
Sapphire patronizes those who were born under the sign of the Zodiac Sagittarius. Representatives of the weaker sex are recommended to wear a pendant or a brooch with a sapphire in order to enhance the attractiveness. For men, the stone is able to give confidence in achieving the set tasks.
Talismans and amulets. Being a talisman, sapphire can give its possessor the ability to contemplate and meditate, the stone clears up thoughts, prompts to learn the unknown. As a talisman, he is suitable for philosophers, poets, scientists. Sapphire is a talisman of those who can not get rid of laziness, the stone will help to do it.
Interesting about sapphire. In the Russian Diamond Fund is a dark blue sapphire, inserted in a diamond brooch, brought from Sri Lanka. Its weight is 258, 18 carats. It used to be that the ruler of Burma (1827) - the owner of the largest processed sapphire, weighing 951 carats. But not so long ago in the United States found a sapphire, the mass of which is 1905 carats.
Large, not completely transparent, sapphire crystals, whose mass reaches 2097, 1997, 2302 carats, served as a material for sculptural portraits of the presidents of America: D. Eisenhower, D. Washington and A. Lincoln. They are kept by the Museum of Natural History in the USA.
In Thailand, in 1977, found one of the largest sapphires in the world. The weight of untreated stone is 6454, 5 carats, the size is 108 x 84 x 51 mm. In Sri Lanka, the sapphire was found even larger. Its mass is about 19 kilograms.
According to ancient beliefs, sapphire is a stone capable of giving fidelity and chastity. He can protect from fear and anger. Since ancient times, sapphire has been considered a symbol of contemplation and hope. Nowadays, a stone is actively synthesized in industry.