Show MIXTURE OF COLOR IN THE SAPPHIRE stone long carnous for iti its wide range sapphire the birthstone of september may be golden yellow p pinh brown black cray gray bine blue green or et and occasionally has no color at nil nit I 1 the term to tho the latil dary darr hearts any corundum except the ruby and include includes the oriental amethyst the oriental and the oriental topaz as well as the brilliant lustrous Ini blue tone stone to which people through the aces hare have garen the title sapphire corundum n in I 1 a combination of oxygen and created in the volcanic fires of the dawn of time eay says nature magazine 1 of liko like Cloo cleopatra patra age cannot wither nor custom stale its infinite vai variety lety and yet the wide range of color colors ie Is caused merely by minute impurities abida crept into the atomic structure of the stone it ie in one of the marvels marre of the mineral kingdom tant a crystal oc casio nally li Is blue on onali one half alf the length of the crystal and yellow on the other half or that sometimes the blue and red alternate in thin stripes to impart to the crystal a purplish plum color and it Is 1 equally marvelous that some viewed through the length of the crystal appear blue although a it aide side view discloses thein the ae an a reddish plum hade shade or without color nt at nit aall I 1 how or why these phenomena occur Is i still unexplained pla plat ined ned although it A la in known that the oxides of chromium titanium and iron will produce stones colored red blue yellow and brown brow til in any event tho the result of 0 them are either rubles or sapp hires and the beauty loving world la Is far richer for their creation a writer of the sixteenth century has written that the vision moses aw maw oa on the mount was wa within the crystal of a sapphire eapp hire and that the tables of thi law love were made ot of me lao lame same material ebether his account Is authentic or not it la Is known that the creekm had dedicated tho the sera gem to apollo the eod of prophecy pop becy long ion before tho th Chri christian sUan era and when consulting tills daltye oracle at delphi lequir ere era wore jewel to auro quick and favorable arelers to their petition |