What Is Lab Made Sapphire

Lab created ruby is essentially red sapphire.

What is lab made sapphire.

Gemology labs would identify both lab grown and natural sapphires as forms of corundum. As a consumer however you may want to make a distinction between lab grown and natural. These lab created blue sapphires will have same chemical properties of the real stones. Lab created sapphires are made using corundum just as the natural gemstone is.

As a result they may be more suitable for conservative budgets. Synthetic white sapphires are made by a method called flame fusion they are made in such a way that they look like natural gemstones. They re not gem imitations. A lab created sapphire is less rare than a natural sapphire.

The more expensive and hard to find natural gems in jewelry such as diamond white and fancy color sapphire blue and other colors emerald ruby and opal are favorite lab created stones. Corundum is a mineral that takes on its color as it forms. Sapphires are usually found in igneous rock which has a low amount of silica and a high amount of aluminum. Chemically and physically speaking the same materials constitute natural and lab grown sapphires and they have the same atomic structure and crystal habit.

Sapphires are made from the corundum mineral and take millions of years to form. Lab created gemstones are the real deal. These lab created white sapphires will have same chemical properties of the real stones. When the hot rock begins to coo.

The heat used to create them comes from a machine. However they are created in a laboratory and grown under carefully controlled conditions simulating the high pressure and heat of the earth to replicate a natural sapphire. Lab created sapphire color and varieties the mineral corundum can yield different colors. Synthetic blue sapphires are made by a method called flame fusion they are made in such a way that they look like natural gemstones.

It s formed by volcanic processes in rock deep in the earth under high temperature high pressure conditions. Our lab created sapphire is not limited to the most well known blue coloration but we produce a variety of colors found below. It is broadly classified into two with red corundum called ruby and all other colors of corundum called sapphire. Because no synthetic material is used to replace the corundum.

Lab created white sapphire comes under the category of synthetic corundum.