Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Mar. 2014
sapphire, emerald, ruby and Diamond they appear almost instantly and in unison in our head.
For its part, the sapphire, awakens astonishment Y admiration due to its particular bluish color and it is precisely this coloration that marks its value, since although there are sapphires with other colorations such as: transparent, black, purple, green, yellow, red, dark blue is the most appreciated in terms economic.
For him message of beauty that immediately awakens and transmits the sapphire to our sense of sight is that it has been used widely in the field of jewelry to create pieces such as earrings, crowns, necklaces, rings, among the most required.
Sapphire is the result of the combination of chemical elements such as titanium, aluminum and iron and can be extracted from mineral deposits. Africa, Sri Lanka and South America are some of the places in the world that stand out for producing it
A little trick that we contribute when establishing the assessment of the
quality of the sapphire stone is to appreciate it directly in front of a fluorescent light or in broad daylight, since if we do it with another type of light, his stone does not shine as vividly as in direct light, looking much duller in terms of Colour.Meanwhile, today, sapphire has found a remarkable new utility in developing certain aspects of new technologies.
Recently, the technological world was surprised to learn that the giant apple was producing sapphire crystal for the impressive endurance that this material has per se and that it would be ideal when protecting the screens of the much-needed iPhones.
According to scale by Mohs, which is the parameter that is taken to know the maximum and minimum resistance of the materials, the sapphire occupies a very high place, 9, with respect to 5.5 of glass, the main material involved in the screens of cell phones.
In any case, it is worth noting that its high cost in relation to materials such as glass make it a material that at the moment will be used for production of high-end goods.
It is speculated that the iPhone 6 screen is made of this material.