Show Only Diamond Exceeds the Sapphire in Value There Is no such stone slone as a n saph diamond There Is a distinct stone U a Ul l sapphire a pure gem being excelled In value by no precious stone except regard ed lie diamond The sapphire Is regard regard- regarded led ed as a n variety of ot corundum highly transparent and brilliant It is sometimes some some- times limes colorless or nearly so It more frequently however exhibits color generally n a bright red 1 I i e the ruby or a beautiful the blue blue the latter being I that commonly called sapphire Pur Pur- Purplish PurI or greenish color Indicates n a I flaw and usual defects are clouds tilt spots Hakes flakes or stripes A sap sap- sapphire sap sapphire op- op largel largely used among jewelers Is coiled called a II reconstructed sapphire ar- ar ar made matle of hard glass crystal In France and German Germany and is of ot no value except for the tho work ork entailed In cutting and mounting in Jewelry The true sapphire Is foun found crystallized usually usually ally aIly In six sided prisms terminated b by sided six sided pyramids It Is sometimes found Imbedded in gneiss but most frequently occurs In alluvial soils It Occurs In Bohemia and Saxony but the finest are found In Ceylon Kashmir and Burma also produce the specimens and ond sapphires are oro found In AustralIa and ond parts of ot the United States The value depends on quality more than on size and does not decrease with the tho size of the gem |