Description

Men's Gray Star Sapphire Ring, 7x9mm Natural Gray Star Sapphire Ring Sterling. The main stone measures 7x9mm, the side stones are high quality cubic zirconia's. This ring is 925 sterling silver and platinum plated, also available in gold or rose gold plating. This item includes a velvet gift box and a certificate of authenticity with purchase. This item is made to order, please allow up to 10-15 days for processing and delivery of this item.

A star sapphire is a variety of sapphire which exhibits a unique reflection, giving the impression of a star trapped within the stone. They have long been a highly coveted and prizes stone, used both for aesthetic purposes and as a talisman across centuries.

The optical phenomenon within a star sapphire is known as asterism. Asterism – from the Latin ‘astrum’, meaning star – is caused by small needle-like inclusions of the mineral rutile. However, in black star sapphires, both their colour and stars are caused by the shiny mineral hematite. Star sapphires have often been used as talismans, reputed to have mystical powers.

Star Sapphire inspires within us a deep love of truth and a profound desire to live in alignment with our personal integrity. It is a mystical stone that encourages us to explore the full depth and breadth of our spiritual lives and to cultivate our spiritual gifts. It opens the intuitive and psychic mind, facilitates energy channeling and clarifies communication between this realm and others. Star Sapphire helps us to better understand human nature and to look on humanity with a cheerful and hopeful gaze. It encourages both practical common sense and far-flung dreaming, helping us find the correct balance between those aspects so we can achieve our goals. Star Sapphire attracts prosperity and good luck and gives us the discipline to maintain this prosperity throughout the course of our lives.

Star Sapphire has a cheerful and peaceful energy that can gently dispel depression and anxiety. It brings relationships into greater harmony and encourages clear communication between individuals. Star Sapphire reminds us that we must be true to ourselves and let our Light shine! It helps us to recognize that we don’t need anyone’s permission or approval to live our own lives. Star Sapphire strengthens our instincts, helpings us to better anticipate other people’s reactions and intentions.

Star Sapphire increases our discernment and powers of critical thinking. It celebrates a thirst for knowledge and wisdom in all forms. Star Sapphire’s calm energy that helps us to look at situations logically and to clearly understand causal effect. It helps us to work through our own thoughts and emotions, and to make decisions that serve our Highest Good. Once decisions have been made, then Star Sapphire can help guide our actions so that we can realize our intentions as quickly and efficiently as possible. Star Sapphire is particularly good for helping us take lofty and so-called impossible dreams and finding a practical way to bring them into reality.

Star Sapphire is recommended for anyone who wants to harness the full power of the mind-body connection. It is not for people who casually hope for miracles, but rather for individuals who are willing to actively work to understand their own physiology and the impact of mental and physical habits. For those with the courage to look closer, Star Sapphire can help us decide to get better and then actually do it. Conversely, Star Sapphire can also help us to accept physical misfortune when there is nothing that can be done to stop it. It reminds us that while the mind, heart and soul may be willing, the physical brain or body cannot always conform to our desires. This doesn’t mean we’ve done something “wrong”, it is a reminder that we are mere mortals and subject to forces that are beyond our control. In such cases, Star Sapphire helps us to comfort our mind and our body, and to have realistic expectations.

The celebrated explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton travelled Asia with a large star sapphire, which he found brought him much luck. In the past, some Christians referred to star sapphires as the stone of destiny. They associated the three crossbars of the star with faith, hope and destiny. As well as traveller’s guides, star sapphires were used for protection from illnesses and ill omens.

Supposedly, the gems warded off the evil eye and scared away devils. They were believed to be so powerful that the wearer would be protected even after they passed the sapphire on.

The largest star sapphire ever discovered is a huge 9719.50 carats and is named The Lone Star. It is a lavender blue, and the stone was cut in London in November 1989. The stone is owned by a jeweller called Harold Roper; however, little else is known about the stone or its whereabouts, so it may no longer be in existence.

The Star of Adam is the largest pure blue star sapphire in the world. It was discovered in 2015 and weighs 140.49 carats. This sapphire is estimated to be worth around £300 million.

However, the most interesting star sapphire is the Black Star of Queensland, which has a truly unique backstory. The sapphire was discovered by 12-year-old Roy Spencer, in the middle of the gem fields of Queensland during the 1930s. He returned the gem to his father, Harry Spencer, who was a jeweller from the area.

Not knowing that sapphires could come in any other colour but blue, Harry dismissed the whopping 733 carat gem as nothing more than a large black crystal. It was used as a doorstop in the family home for many years until he became aware it was a sapphire. He then assessed and realised the value of the large black star sapphire. The centre of this star is considerably larger and brighter than average star sapphires.