Star Sapphires: An introduction | What it Is, How It Looks & Everything You Need to Know

Hi and welcome to a new video from Kunming Tay. In todays video we talk about the Star Sapphires, what they are, how they look and everything you need to know about Star Sapphires.

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Have you heard of star sapphires?? These sapphires exhibit the asterism effect due to specific orientation of needle inclusions in the gemstone. Star sapphires are true phenomena of nature. A piece of sapphire rough can be cut and polished into a star sapphire only when it has the right amount of tiny needle-like inclusions called rutile oriented at very specific angles along the crystal growth planes.

Starring
1. 9.60ct Sri Lanka star sapphire, looks like it has zebra stripes

2. 11.80ct Burma Star sapphire

3. 3.50ct Burma purple star sapphire

4. 5.02ct Sri Lanka purple star sapphire

3 things to look out for when looking at star sapphires
1. The sharpness of the star
2. The lively free moving nature of the star
3. The colour of the rays of the star


Visit The Gem Museum, Singapore to discover more interesting gemstones!

More information is available on:
► The Gem Museum Facebook:   / thegemmuseum  
► Blog: http://fegj.blogspot.sg
► Far East Gems & Jewellery website: http://www.fareastgemsjewellery.com
► Far East Gems & Jewellery Pinterest:   / fegj  
► Far East Gems & Jewellery Facebook:   / fareastgemsjewellery  

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