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title: "Pink sapphire: meaning in gemology"
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# Pink sapphire

Pink sapphire is corundum whose color is pink rather than red. Chromium causes both its pink and the red of ruby.

## In more detail

GIA's master stones require red to be the dominant hue before a stone is called ruby. Judging the dominant hue is subjective, so a stone near the line can get either name. Sri Lanka has traditionally called pink stones ruby. A lab report states the name that lab gives.

## On a grading report

Variety: pink sapphire.

## Related terms

- [Ruby](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/ruby): Ruby is the red variety of the mineral corundum. Chromium causes its red color.
- [Sapphire](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/sapphire): Sapphire is corundum of any color other than red. The word alone means a blue stone; other colors take a color word, such as yellow sapphire.
- [Fancy sapphire](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/fancy-sapphire): A fancy sapphire is a sapphire of any color other than blue, such as yellow, orange, pink, purple or green.
- [Hue](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/hue): Hue is the basic color of a gem, such as red, blue or green. A second color can modify it, as in purplish red.
- [Saturation](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/saturation): Saturation is the strength or purity of a gem's color, from grayish or brownish to vivid.

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