Engagement Rings: Reasons Sapphires are better than Diamonds

Over the past few years, we have been monitoring the keyword trends in Google search engine for sapphire engagement rings.  After Kate Middleton's engagement where her 12-carat blue sapphire engagement ring got everyone's attention, we have observed a  very clear upward trend in people searching for sapphire engagement rings. Even seven years after the wedding, this trend is still moving upwards. Apart from the fact that the sapphires engagement rings being the choice of royals, here are some facts on the ground to consider a sapphire engagement ring over a diamond engagement ring.

Picturesque, colourful and unlimited possibilities

Sapphires come in all the colours under the sun. After the most popular blue sapphires, pink, yellow, white, purple, and green sapphires are the other popular colours. Can you think how many colour shades are there on those flower petals in the main picture of this post? Don't be surprised, but there are sapphires in every one of those colours. Even broadly categorized as pink, or yellow, or blue, every gemstone has its own unique colour. With the availability of a large range of colours, a creative jeweller gets unlimited freedom of mixing and matching colours to design unique masterpieces.  Also, you can easily ask for your favourite colour for your engagement ring. Yes, we are serious, ask for any colour and we can find it for you.

Sapphire Jewellery is Affordable than Diamond Jewellery

A good size sapphire is still within the affordable range of a decent income couple whereas a similar size diamond is out of the affordable zone. In fact, sapphires are much rarer than diamonds. But the big boys in the diamond industry were able to maintain higher diamond prices for decades by monopolizing the market and beautifully manipulating the supply and demand.

Sourced from Ethical Origins

The 2006 thriller 'Blood Diamond' starring Leonardo DiCaprio brought the term 'blood diamond' to public attention. This refers to the diamond trade in the African countries which finance terrorism and various sorts of killings. There is no such thing as blood sapphires. However, countries in Africa such as Madagascar, Nigeria, Mozambique supply coloured gemstones to the world market. The biggest suppliers of quality sapphires such as Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and Thailand have never had any allegations regarding wrong ethical practices such as black money or child labour.

 _{Sri Lanka (Ceylon) is famous for Elephants and Sapphires}

True uniqueness that you can be proud of

The colour is not the only factor which makes a sapphire gemstone unique. Every stone could have its own other visible characteristics such as silkiness, colour changing features, multicolours, cat's eyes, stars, and very rare colours such as Padparadscha (colour of a lotus flower) etc. A diamond is always expected to be as clean as possible. However, in sapphires, some invisible features can make the stone visually attractive than others. These endless varieties will make your engagement ring stand out from everyone else's. 

_{Padparadscha sapphire is a very rare sapphire gemstone having the colour of a lotus flower}