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The rarest and most valuable fancy color sapphires are exquisite orangy-pink or pinkish-orange gems named "Padparadscha" after the Sinhalese word for lotus blossom. Natural padparadscha sapphires sell at a premium, nearing the price for a fine blue sapphire. Although the exact color description is debated, the beauty of these rare gemstones with their delicate blended pink and orange shades is universally esteemed.
Loose Padparadscha Sapphire gems are usually faceted and cut in the round brilliant shape, but other fancy shapes of Padparadscha-Orange Sapphire gemstones are possible as well. There are square, pear, trillion, emerald cut, oval, cushion, and heart shaped cut loose Padparadscha Sapphire.
Padparadscha is a type of sapphire. Sapphire is one of the most important of all the loose colored gemstones and comes in a wide variety of colors: blue, pink, yellow, green, purple, orange, padparadscha, blue green, lemon yellow, color change, and black color. With a hardness of 9 on the Moh's scale, loose cut padparadscha sapphire gemstones are extremely hard, tough and durable, they are suitable for use in any kind of jewelry.
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