{"id":4332,"date":"2023-02-17T07:51:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T07:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilankagemstone.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=4332"},"modified":"2023-03-23T10:50:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T10:50:14","slug":"s0004-star-sapphire-6-98ct-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/serendipgems.lk\/old\/product\/s0004-star-sapphire-6-98ct-2\/","title":{"rendered":"S0004 Star Sapphire &#8211; 6.98ct"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-sm-8 col-xs-12\">\n<p>Star Sapphires are always cut into a Cabochon shape with a high dome. This is the only way that the shining star will be seen from the stone. Cutting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ceylongemhub.com\/en\/buy\/blue-sapphire\">star sapphires<\/a>\u00a0is often remain very few cutters. Miners and first hand buyers only trust the highly experienced cutters who have years&#8217; experience and specialization as the cutter need to strike the balance between the carats, stars and colour.<\/p>\n<p>The star in star Sapphires is caused by a phenomenon called Asterism. When viewed with a single overhead light source star Sapphires will show a six rayed star pattern. In most of the cases the star can be clearly under natural light, but it can also be viewed using a strong source of direct light such as a penlight or a halogen bulb. This pattern is caused by microscopic inclusions created by the internal &#8220;silk&#8221; (rutile needles) that reflect the light. Unlike the other sapphires star sapphires are not translucent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p>The microscopic inclusions are the crucial factor that reflect the light in a specified pattern to make six rayed pattern to which is looked like star when the light is over headed from a focal point. Other specialty of the star sapphire is that the star will move with the light source to an extent when the stone is turned around.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VARIETY: Star Sapphire<br \/>\nHEATED\/UNHEATED: Unheated<br \/>\nSPECIES: Natural Corundum<br \/>\nGGTL NO: 157299<br \/>\nDATE: 6\/12\/2021<br \/>\nCARAT WEIGHT: 6.98ct<br \/>\nSHAPE: Oval<br \/>\nCUT: Cabochon Cut<br \/>\nDIMENSIONS :\u00a0 12.03*8.04*6.52mm<br \/>\nCOLOUR : Blue<br \/>\nCOMMENTS: No indication of heating<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4681,"template":"","meta":{"_joinchat":[]},"product_cat":[156,73],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4332","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-gems","7":"product_cat-star-sapphire","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serendipgems.lk\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serendipgems.lk\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serendipgems.lk\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serendipgems.lk\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serendipgems.lk\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serendipgems.lk\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4332"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serendipgems.lk\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}