Sapphire - For Love and Longing

Blue is the main colour of the sapphire. Did you know that Blue is also the favourite colour of some 50 per cent of all people, men and women in this world.

People associate the Blue colour of this gemstone with feelings of sympathy and harmony, friendship and loyalty:

The Sapphire also know as "Saturn's Gemstone" is believed to be the strongest and the fastest acting gemstone among the nine planetary gemstones.

Thus the blue of the sapphire has become a colour which fits in with everything that is constant and reliable. May be that is one of the reasons why women in many countries wish for a sapphire ring on their engagement. The sapphire symbolises loyalty, but at the same time it gives expression to people's love and longing.