A Timeless Piece: The History of Sapphires
For hundreds, thousands, of years, precious gemstones have been used in jewelry. The rarer the stone, the more valuable it is. And, for most of its history, the sapphire has been the gemstone of choice — beating out even diamonds. In fact, diamonds didn’t become popular until just recently (relative to gemstone mining).
Here’s the history of sapphires you haven’t heard.
In The Beginning
Sapphires have been prized as great gemstones as early as 800BC, when they were used by rulers of ancient Persia. They believed that the sky was ...