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There was a very interesting report
in July 2011 about an old sapphire ring being found in the
U.K. The jewel was found by Micheal Greenhorn a railway
technician and metal detectorist. A Kaisilver team latched on
to the story and tried to get as much information as possible,
the report makes an interesting read.
Though no exact date related to the
production of this old blue sapphire ring can be determined,
researchers estimate that it belonged to the 7th to 11th
century. This estimate is based on studies conducted on other
old jewely found in the vicinity over the past few decades. It
is quite sure that this old sapphire gold ring belonged to
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An old sapphire ring, though presumed to belong to
Anglo Saxon or Viking royalty, the center blue sapphire
is not a very extravagant or exotic gem.
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The above image shows the old
sapphire gemstone ring found in the U.K. There are some very
interesting observations related to this old sapphire gold
ring. Though researchers have yet to determine the exact
history of this ring, most of them agree that it would have
belonged to some ancient royalty. Kaisilver experts have a
comment to make, if this is indeed a ring from ancient royalty
- a mere 6mm round blue sapphire gem in the center seems to be
quite modest.
Remember that in the 11th or 12th
century, sapphires would be much more abundant than they are
today. You would expect a ancient royal jewel like this blue
sapphire ring, to have a stupendous blue sapphire at least in
terms of carat weight. You might have heard of the 2011 royal
wedding in Britain. An enormous 19 carat high quality ceylon
blue sapphire and diamond ring, was gifted by Prince William
to his bride Kate Middleton. That is the kind of jewelry that
royalty has come to be associated with.
There are even more interesting
facts about this historically significant old blue sapphire
ring. Along with the round cabachon blue sapphire gem, the
jewel also has pieces of red glass. Keep in mind that this is
red glass and not red ruby or red spinel. And this for
a royal ancient ring, is quite strange. This has
prompted Kaisilver gem experts to determine that, the wearing
of this old gold ring was more for it's meaning and
significance rather than, to show proclaim the wealth and
power of it's wearer.
To understand the significance of
this old blue sapphire ring, we will need to go a bit deeper
into the beliefs and traditions attached to the sapphire
gemstone. Remember we need to take this in the context of
ancient times, the time when this old gemstone ring was
presumed to have been made and worn.
One thing that many historical
records reveal is that, sapphires had supernatural powers to
protects the royals. Kings, queens and members of
royal families were supposed to be safe from physical
harm and safe, from being over thrown if they wore a sapphire
gemstone. It is most likely that this was attributed only
to blue sapphire gems. This is because gemological sciences
had not developed in those ancient times. It was the time when
people presumed that all blue gems were sapphires, all green
gems were emeralds and all red gems were rubies! Even the
British crown jewels had red spinels that were mistaken
for red rubies!
Another interesting belief about
sapphires that had widespread support was that, a sapphire
could protect a person from being poisoned. It is sometimes
thought the records also implied that, a sapphire could
combat and cure a poisoned person. The Kaisilver research
team came across ancient sapphire related writings that,
claimed that a genuine sapphire could kill a spider if
the creature came too near to the stone! If the sapphire was a
fake or for some reason depleted of it's special powers,
the spider would remain unaffected even if it was in
close vicinity of the sapphire.
If you are interested in the
technical specifications of this old sapphire ring, get to
know the details right here:
- The metal used
to make this old blue sapphire gold ring was basically
gold. Since pure gold is quite soft to make durable jewels, it
has always been a practice to add other metals into gold to
make a sturdier gold based alloy. The alloy in this ancient
sapphire gold ring has a very high gold content, it is 90%
gold, 8% silver and 2% copper. Just by comparison
you might want to know that, 18k gold which is well
known today has a gold content of just 75%.
- The dimensions and metal
weight are quite interesting too. The front of
the ring is an impressive 25.5mm which is about 2.5cm or
about 1 inch. This is surely not a small ring,
however despite the large front face, the blue sapphire
cabachon stone in this old gold ring is just 6mm. One feature
that the Kaisilver team gave importance too was the gold
weight. Kaisilver has always mentioned that,
the metal weight of a jewel needs to be proportional
to it's dimensions. The old sapphire ring is provided
with a metal weight of just 10.2 grams. In our
opinion this weight is grossly insufficient to make the jewel
strong and sturdy. Also remember that the fairly high
gold content (90%) in the alloy also means that the
metal is not too hard. We would have suggested a minimum
gold weight of around 20 grams for this jewel. A closer
look at the image of the old blue sapphire gem stone ring
shown above will confirm that, the metal weight was
insufficient for the dimensions. Some of the borders
especially those on the star shape design surrounding the
center round sapphire, seem to be bent
and distorted.
This report on old
sapphire rings does not aim at selling you something. We have
compiled this report as a general information write-up. While
many news journals and even TV stations reported the find of
this old sapphire gold ring, none of them provided the kind of
detailed analysis that we did. The Kaisilver team basically
summarized discussions and debates that went on in our
internal meetings that specifically related to this topic. We
do hope that you have enjoyed the presentation got as involved
and amazed with this important find.
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