Antique Sapphire Engagement Rings

Public demand for Antique Sapphire Engagement Rings began around 1919 when diamond sales started to decline. Sapphires are very hard and so very durable, making an ideal choice of stone for heavy wear, their value depending on their size, color and transparency.  In 1880, there was an avalanche, exposing a cache of Kashmir Sapphire gemstones, which was intensively mined for eight years and set a standard for the most valuable Sapphires in the world. Burma mines the second most valuable Sapphires, followed by Ceylon . Today most Blue Sapphires are mined in Thailand and Australia but some courageous pioneers were responsible for the increase in demand for Yellow Sapphire and Pink Sapphires when they discovered mines in southeast Madagascar .