Yellow Sapphire Gemstone

While the purest form of Yellow Sapphires is the untreated one, for years now, these gemstones are being treated to improve their looks and to hide any flaws. An untreated, natural sapphire has a lot more value than the treated ones. But finding a high quality, pukhraj gemstone is somewhat difficult. This is the reason why many gemologists treat yellow sapphire stones to improve their color, clarity or both. From heat treatment to diffusion, dyeing, irradiation, oiling and fracture filling – several treatments are being done in the gem industry at present. To understand the impact of treated sapphires in healing, let’s take a look at this quote from Garuda Purana given by Sri Sut Ji Goswami in Chapter 72: “The  Sapphire subjected to heat or burning to improve color and clarity should never be used by anyone as illness and misfortune will fall on that individual who uses a heated and a burned gem.” Just like a heated/treated Blue Sapphire is said to bring illness