Hue tone saturation.
Sapphire color grading scale.
Each category has its own color range causes of.
Color is the most important.
When most people inquire about the grading classification of a sapphire they expect that it will have a similar standardized system as diamond grading.
Sapphire ring co has incorporated the official gia sapphire and ruby color map below.
Check for symmetry windowing and extinction.
Of course to measure a gem s carat weight you only need an accurate scale calibrated to measure small objects like gemstones.
Given the lack of a standardized grading system for sapphires it is important to be able to differentiate a superior quality sapphire from an inferior quality one.
The price of a sapphire varies greatly with its quality.
Again the best ruby and sapphire grading tools are your eyes and perhaps a loupe.
The charts explain the color grading system used by all gia g g.
Sapphires come from a family of gemstones called corundums.
More ruby and sapphire grading tools.
Analysis grading.
The charts illustrate the wide variations in color gradings for sapphire and rubies as well as the three main factors which make up sapphire s color.
Different grading systems are used to determine the quality of this precious gemstone depending on what factor is being graded.
Look out for bulging areas and a thick pavilion.
They range from medium to dark reddish purple to violetish purple with weak to vivid color saturation the major fancy sapphire color categories are padparadscha pink and purple orange and yellow green and colorless and black.
Natural sapphires are graded and valued by a few factors.