Burmese Sapphire

Benefits

According to Vedic astrology, Burmese Sapphire or Burma Neelam signifies the powerful astrological planet Saturn. The auspicious Burmese Sapphire gemstone is considered highly beneficial for people overcoming difficulties during Shani Saadhe Saati, Dhaiyya, Kantakshini, or Dhasa phase. The wearers of Burmese Sapphire are known to gain financial and professional stability. Vedic astrologers usually recommend a Burmese Sapphire because of its excellent color and clarity. However, there are many benefits of wearing a Blue Sapphire : Below are mentioned the benefits of burmese sapphire.

• Financial Benefits

  - Affiliated to the astrological planet Saturn, wearing a Burma Neelam stone benefits the individual to gain the fair and deserved results of hard work. The positive energies of this planet are reflected by Burmese Sapphire and help the wearer in accomplishing goals and hence promote professional and financial growth. Vedic astrologers view this gemstone as highly beneficial for businesses involved in oil, paint, fuel, as well as machinery.

• Decision-Making Power

  - The planet Saturn is known to rule intellect, Burma Blue Sapphire stone is deemed good for wearers because it improves their intellect and reasoning power. This gemstone is highly beneficial for professions that demand a good intellectual capability, making it ideal for lawyers, writers, researchers, and scholars.

• Health Benefits

  - The precious Myanmar Sapphire is considered tremendously beneficial for curing joints, teeth, and hair-related ailments. This gemstone can also be worn to recover from depression, stress, anxiety, and fear.

Burmese Sapphire Quality

Widely and extremely popular Burmese Sapphire is treasured for its vibrant blue-violet hue, clarity, luster, brilliance, and elegance. The best quality of Burmese Sapphire bears an extremely good color with perfect saturation and reasonable transparency. However, certain factors determine the quality of a Burmese Sapphire. Origin, Color, Clarity, Cut, and Carat weight are some of the most important ones:

• Origin

  :The finest and best quality Burmese Sapphire are produced in the mines of Mogok, Myanmar. Burma (Myanmar) is one of the leading suppliers of facet-grade Burmese Sapphire. The gemstone that originates from Mogok, has some rutile inclusions making it highly desirable and worth having.

• Clarity

  : Burmese Sapphire, being a Type II clarity gemstone is bound to have some rutile inclusions and the gemstone flaunts such impressive clarity. Inclusions are characteristics within a gemstone and may extend to the surface of the gemstone. It usually contains folded fluid inclusions and fingerprints. Eye clean pieces are extremely rare and highly valuable in the national and international market. The clarity can justify your jewelry designs as well.

• Color

  The finest quality Burmese Sapphire is rich in color saturation and tone. The best quality Burmese Sapphire displays a rich, intense, slightly violetish blue color. The rarest Burmese Sapphire typically shows a strong pleochroism from blue to violet color. The inky blue color maintains its rich class and popularity while the darker side of the royal blue color defines the bold and elegant share at the same time. However, they are found in almost all colors of the rainbow except red.

• Cut

  : A perfectly cut Burmese Sapphire enhances the beauty of the gemstone. It is generally available in a plethora of shapes and cutting styles. Some common, most-loved and traditional shapes are oval, round, and cushion cut. These cuts reflect the right amount of light making it shimmery and glimmery in picturesque ways. Burmese Sapphires in such shapes are common as it brings brilliance and retains weight as well. Fancy shapes including emerald cut and heart-shaped Burmese Sapphires are comparatively less common.

• Carat

  : Burmese Sapphire is usually found in larger sizes. However, the larger the gemstone, the higher the price and demand in the market. Top-quality Burmese Sapphire with a slight difference in size can create a huge variation in the Burmese Sapphire value.

Burmese Sapphire Price

Burmese Sapphire are generally found in large sizes. The larger the size the higher the Burma Sapphire price per carat would be. However, the price per carat varies depending on the origin, rarity, geopolitical situations, transparency, cut, shape, size, luster, inclusions, and certificate it carries. Burmese Sapphire price per carat can start from INR 50,000 ($ 670) and goes up to INR 2,00,000 ($ 2700) and even more. A buyer needs to understand that the weight of gemstones in India is usually expressed in Ratti and not in Carat. A buyer must understand the difference between Ratti and Carat. (1 Ratti = 0.91 carat)

One can purchase natural and authentic Burmese Sapphire gemstones from trusted and reliable sources and GemPundit being one of the most authentic ones guarantees all they sell. GemPundit provides 100% natural, authentic, unheated, and untreated Burmese Sapphire for both astrological and jewelry purposes. Shop original Burmese Sapphire online with Free Gem Certificate at the best price.

Buyer Beware Guidelines

To determine the quality of Burmese Sapphire, one has to keep in mind certain crucial factors through which the authenticity of this precious and valuable stone is determined. For a novice it is surely not an easy task, so we have curated some of the key points which help the buyer to identify lab-created or natural Burmese Sapphire. Firstly, rare Burmese Sapphire is not known to be treated or enhanced. Treatment is any human-controlled process, beyond cutting and polishing that improves the appearance, durability, or value of the gemstone. Usually, Burmese Sapphire undergoes heat treatment to improve its color and clarity. It makes the gemstone more durable and stable so that it can tolerate temperature changes. Burmese Sapphire is one of the rarest varieties of Sapphire making it highly valuable so the quality and price have to be checked carefully before buying one. Generally, gemstones undergo some kind of treatment or enhancement so one has to consider this as well. Being a type II clarity gemstone, Burmese Sapphire is known to have minor rutile inclusions. Finding a Burmese Sapphire with no inclusions is incredibly rare.

Read our customer-friendly Buying Guide to know more about the weight of gemstone and what things should be kept in mind while buying a Burmese Sapphire gemstone.

A sample GRS Certificate of Burmese Sapphire.

A sample GUBELIN Certificate of Burmese Sapphire.

A sample IGI Certificate for Natural Sapphire from Burma.

Burmese Sapphire Jewelry

The beautiful Burmese Sapphire is known for its vibrant violet-blue color and exceptional hardness making it suitable for any type of jewelry. Because of its alluring hue, tone, saturation, excellent luster, and transparency, Burmese Sapphire is highly desirable among jewelry designers. It displays an elegant look, adds a sophisticated appeal to the jewelry pieces, and glams up the personality of the wearer. Burmese Sapphire is quite durable and therefore can be worn in daily wear jewelry. However, Burmese Sapphire makes an excellent option for your vintage and red carpet looks.

Apart from this, Burmese Sapphires do not have cleavage, meaning they do not break easily when struck. The toughness and hardness of this powerful gemstone prove it to be a wonderful gemstone for engagement rings. Celebrities, royalties, and famous personalities wear colored gemstone rings and pass sentimental values attached to them to their daughters-in-law. Customized Burmese Sapphire engagement rings can be worn as a symbol of wisdom, virtue, good fortune, and holiness for royals. Get your engagement rings customized from our Custom engagement rings section.

At GemPundit, you will find an exclusive collection of the most stunning Burmese Sapphire jewelry. GemPundit provides customization service to our valuable customers where our team of CAD experts designs the Burmese jewelry including the Burmese Sapphire Ring, Burmese Sapphire Necklace, Burmese Sapphire Bracelet, Burmese Sapphire pendant, etc. as per the needs of the customer.

Customization of Burmese Sapphire jewelry for both men and women is available at Custom Jewelry Section . Visit our collection now!

Burmese Sapphire Ring

Burmese Sapphire Pendant

Burmese Sapphire Bracelet

Burmese Sapphire Earrings

Cleaning and Care

Burmese Sapphire has a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale. Normal and gentle care is required to clean Burmese Sapphire gemstone. Exposure to extensive heat, ultrasonic and steam cleaners, and harsh chemicals should be avoided as they can affect the quality of the gemstone. Also, one should avoid repolishing and chipping the gemstone. However, it is advisable to gently clean your Burmese Sapphire jewelry with a wet lint-free cloth every 2-3 months. One can use a soft toothbrush to gently rub off all the dirt from the gemstone.