Another favorite legend was that the first star rubies and star sapphires were formed when a sunbeam was in love with a lovely star. And because they turned dark at night, they were thought to go to sleep just like people (sometimes called sleeper stones. People have thought that they had demons or angels of light living in them. Many different legends have formed around these magical stones. Ideally this star has six “legs” but there are also rarer cases that present even more unique combinations Star rubies and sapphires have rutile silk inclusions that, when interacting with a point source of light, create a sort of star on gem’s surface. Lore: Gemstones as star sapphire or star ruby behave in such a manner is a phenomenon caused by what is known as an asterism (or star) Asterism is an optical effect related to rubies and sapphires. Quite a few nice ones come from Madagascar as well.

Green sapphire comes in many shades with the better stones generally coming from Sri Lanka and Australia. Fancy sapphire is a term used to describe any sapphire that is not blue. Star Sapphire (and Star Ruby) are sometimes classified in the more general category of Fancy Sapphire.

Ruby and blue sapphire together