

It is the ceylon sapphire which a generally known as ‘blue sapphires’.ĭark Ceylon sapphires are a Diamondport favourite. Ceylon sapphires tend to be lighter in colour than Australian sapphires, from light powder blue to a medium blue. Provenance is important to some customers, more so than colour, as their support for the Australian industry is admirable.Ĭeylon sapphires hail from Sri Lanka, where they have been mined for possibly 2500 years. At Diamondport we source ethical origin sapphires from Australia and Sri Lanka.Īustralian sapphires tend to be very dark and almost black, and the colour varies between regions, with sapphire deposits in central Queensland, the New England and Macquarie river regions of New South Wales.

Sapphires are found in many places throughout the world.
