Pink Sapphire Jewelry

Corundum, the same mineral as blue sapphire and ruby. A trace of chromium turns the crystal pink; more chromium and the trade calls the stone ruby. At 9 on the Mohs hardness scale it is one of the most durable gems you can wear, the rare saturated color built for daily life.

The rarest end of the pink family: a pink-orange sapphire named for the lotus blossom, prized for holding both colors at once. Fine padparadschas are scarce and rarely stay anywhere long. If padparadscha is the hunt, message us; sourcing the rare thing is the part of this work we love most.

Almost always, as with nearly every sapphire in fine jewelry; heat is the trade's oldest and most accepted way of bringing a sapphire to its best color, and it is permanent. It changes nothing about wear: the stone is corundum either way, second in hardness only to diamond.

A fine natural pink diamond sells for multiples of almost any other gem on earth. Pink sapphire delivers saturated, wearable pink at fine jewelry prices, holds a 9 on the Mohs scale, and pairs with white diamonds beautifully. We would rather you know that than wonder.

Easily. Warm water, mild soap, and a soft cloth, nothing more. Sapphire shrugs off daily wear, though we still say skip ultrasonic and steam cleaners, put earrings and necklaces on after perfume, and take rings off for the gym and the garden. The pink stays vivid for decades.