Bluebirds Sing Blue Sapphire & Diamond Bracelet

The Secret to Selecting
The Best Blue Sapphires

The owner of Cross Jewelers shares his thoughts on blue sapphires, how he selects sapphires, and what makes our sapphire collection different from most other jewelers.

Why We Love This Bracelet

Smart, sleek, elegant, a slip of blue around your wrist. Little diamonds flashing. The super safety clasp swings under to catch and lock, giving you extra confidence.

There is a feeling that comes with blue sapphire, the next hardest gem to diamonds. It’s a brilliant true blue that sweeps color from the sky and sea and holds it near and dear to your heart, ears, or at your wrist.

The Island of Ceylon
And its Famed Pastel
Blue Sapphires

Marco Polo spent 24 years in China, working for a portion of time for the great Kublai Khan. Marco Polo saw firsthand the gems possessed by China in 1271 – 1295 and listened to rumors of an island called Ceylon to the south, an island that was thick with gems. The island was rumored to have so many gems that they were simply lying on the river banks. Marco Polo left China to return to Italy in 1295 and stopped on his way by Ceylon to see personally the gem wealth of the island nation. Back in Italy, he raved about what he saw.

Ceylon was, and still is famous for sapphires of a powder blue color, like the color of bluebird eggs.

Bluebirds Sing
If Bluebirds Lay Powder Blue Eggs
Do Cardinals Lay Pink Eggs?

Not a chance, but even more interesting, 95% of all bluebird eggs are powder blue, 5% are white, and every once in a great while a bluebird lays pastel pink eggs.

Who knew?

Our Bluebirds Sing collection is set with light blue Ceylon sapphires. Today the country is called Sri Lanka. In the jewelry business, we still refer to light blue sapphires as Ceylon Blue sapphires.

Bluebirds are pretty much a North American phenomenon. Bluebirds in Sweden, Ireland, or Italy…not a chance. These guys prefer this side of the pond.