Star Sapphire Ring
Isn’t it amazing that nature can produce such fascinating gems like the star sapphire? The unique phenomenon of having the appearance of a star inside the stone that moves with light, which is caused by light reflecting on the many inclusions inside the stone, is in itself another fascinating mystery of nature. Surprising, I should think when usually precious gems with inclusions are not considered of much value, whereas in the case of the beautiful star sapphire, the sharper and clearer the star is the more valuable it is. A deep blue star sapphire which looks almost black would have a star that is sharper and brighter than a stone of less intensity in color.
Although talking about the star sapphire is easy, finding such a unique stone with a crystal clear star would indeed be a rare find. A genuine star sapphire is seldom discovered and when it does, it’s better to refrain from craving to possess one because it will be simply beyond the means of any average or even moderately rich person due to the very high price tag it comes with. This has in no way decreased its popularity which has brought it into the forefront of the attention of fraudsters who seem to never relax in trying to dupe the uneducated by trying to sell synthetic sapphires with a ready made star packed into it. These fake and shoddy so called star sapphire rings were initially quite in demand in view of the publicity it received while the unsuspecting buyers paid thousands of dollar for a piece of machine made junk that was not worthy to be called a gemstone let alone a star sapphire.
Does this mean that the average citizen can never buy a star sapphire ring or own one at all? No, it doesn’t. Once the above gimmick lost its allure when people began to realize the cruelty of the trick played on them, famous gemmologists did their best to get to the bottom of the star effect in the sapphire. One of their more successful results was the diffused star sapphire which was in fact a genuine sapphire enhanced to bring out its star quality through the application of technology. This was definitely more acceptable than the earlier produced junk while the enhanced star appeared to be even clearer than that in the real star sapphire.
Treating the sapphire to bring out the star makes no difference to the quality of the stone while the cost of a diffused star sapphire is much more affordable to the average person. All of this has made it a very popular stone to be cast in rings and other pieces of jewelry and buying a star sapphire ring set in platinum, silver or gold is now completely within the budget of most people who simply cannot resist the charm of this amazingly beautiful stone. Now you can easily own a diffused star sapphire ring that looks like the real thing but costs much less. So why cry for the moon when you can have the stars closer to you that shine even brighter.