Sapphire Collection (page 2)

Various Precious Stones
1. RUBY 2. EMERALD 3. GARNET 4. LAPIS LAZULI 5. TURQUOISE 6. DIAMOND 7&8. GOLD 9. SILVER 10. TOPAZ 11. SAPPHIRE 12. AMETHYST 13. OPAL 14. AGATE. Date: circa 1870

Sapphire-rumped parrotlet or purple-tailed parakeet, Touit purpuratus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Golden-tailed sapphire, Chrysuronia oenone, and red-billed azurecrown, Amazilia cyanocephala.. Chromolithograph by unknown artist/engraver from Mary

Sapphire-rumped parrotlet, Touit purpurata. Handcolored steel engraving by Joseph Kidd from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Browns Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots, Edinburgh, 1833

Sapphire damsel, Pomacentrus pavo, and harlequin sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830

Blue-crowned hanging-parrot, Loriculus galgulus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine, Harrison, London, 1800

Italian noblewoman, 16th century, in ivory embroidered dress pearl and sapphire necklace.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F

Advert for Asprey rings 1938
A selection of fine quality stones specially selected for there depth and perfect cutting reflecting the full brilliance of the gems. Date: 1938

The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire-powered Hawker Hunter prototype was the silver-painted WB202, February 1954. Date: 1954

Diamond flower brooch
Victorian diamond-encrusted flower with a sapphire at its centre

Yellow sapphire from Sri Lanka, 101 carats. Acquired by the museum in 1874

Padparadscha is one of the most unusual varieties of the mineral corundum

Blue sapphire
Sri Lankan specimen of blue sapphire. A rare example of the uncut material

Diamond spikes

Star sapphire
Parallel bundles of fibres are formed in the stone as it crystallises. When the sapphire is cut in the correct orientation the silky needles reflect light to form a star effect

Cursed amethyst
When the Mineralogy Department received this amethyst in 1943 they found a note inside the box: this stone is trebly accursed and is stained with the blood

Corundum group
A collection of crystals including ruby and sapphire particolor, ruby rhomboid, and hexagonal cut sapphire

Ruby and Sapphire
Specimens of the mineral corundum (Aluminum Oxide), a ruby and saphire. These gemstones are varieties of the corundum mineral. A collection of crystals including the Edwardes ruby

Pleochroism in an iolite cut stone
This iolite (magnesium aluminium silicate) is displaying pleochroism, a varied colour effect as the gem is turned. See also 3960

Many colours of corundum
Ruby and sapphire cut corundum stones viewed through their pavilions. Corundum is the second hardest natural mineral known

Rubies and sapphires
Crystals of ruby from Burma which is the red variety of corundum (aluminium oxide). The other variety is sapphire, this specimen is from Kashmir. The lower left specimen is the Edwardes Ruby

Ruby and sapphire gravel
Ruby and sapphire fragments from gem gravels seen on a background of slate. Ruby and sapphire are both varieties of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide)

Gemstone series: sapphire
Sapphire, the blue variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). Sapphire can be found in a number of different colours. Specimen at the Natural History Museum, London

Plate 99, from Mineralogie
Various gemstone varieties including diamond, ruby, sapphire, spinel and Topaz. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie vol.3 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Star rubies and sapphires
Star stones of ruby and sapphire, both are varieties of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). Ruby always appears in red where as sapphire comes in a variety of colours

Ruby and Sapphire cut stones

Sapphire
A six-rayed star blue sapphire. Sapphires derives from the corundum mineral group which is the second hardest group known

Sapphire crystal
Sapphire is a blue variety of corundum, which is the second hardest natural substance known on Earth. Specimen originates from Olberg, Rheinland, now at the Natural History Museum, London

Orange sapphire
A rare Sri-Lankan hexagonal cut orange sapphire. Sapphires belong to the corundum group - the second hardest mineral group known

Citrine and sapphire
Fine and poor examples of gem cutting and polishing. A superbly cut citrine (a yellow variety of quartz) and a poorly cut sapphire (blue), a variety of the mineral Corundum (aluminium oxide)

Bald Face from Lake Fairfield, Sapphire, N. C
Bald Face from Lake Fairfield, Sapphire, N.C.. Date c1902

Horse Pasture Falls, Sapphire, N. C
Horse Pasture Falls, Sapphire, N.C.. Date c1902

Sapphire Pool, Yellowstone National Park. Date c1902

Royal Wedding Presents at St Jamess Palace - jewels
Worth a Kings ransom, some of the jewels presented to Princess Marina of Greece on her marriage to Prince George, Duke of Kent on 29 November 1934

Advert for Mappin & Webb watches and brooches 1937
Mappin & Webb quality watches and brooches for women, tried at all times to provide beauty, value and sound workmanship in return for a thoroughly fair and just expenditure. Date: 1937

Spring Fashions for 1913
Sketch depicting the vivid colour and graceful lines of ladies fashion in the early twentieth century. On left: an evening dress in green

Zodiac Charms Taurus
(sapphire)

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