Like most folks, I was under the impression that Sapphires were only blue in color. To the contrary, sapphires come in every color of the rainbow! "Sapphire" is one of three gemstones that are produced from the mineral Corundum (an aluminum oxide). Blue is a common color, but sapphires also come in yellow, green, pink, purple, and black. When sapphires are in colors other than blue, they are called "fancy sapphires." When Corundum is red, it is the gemstone Ruby, and orange