Yellow Sapphire (Pukhraj/पुखराज)

 

Yellow Sapphire also known as Pukhraj is an extremely precious yellow colored gemstone of the Corundum mineral family.  Yellow Sapphire has a hardness of 9.0 on the Mohs scale of hardness.  Yellow Sapphires are crystallized aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃).  Yellow Sapphire gets its beautiful yellow color from the element of iron in it.  Sapphires are found in various colors which include pink, blue, green, yellow, orange and white.  In India, Yellow Sapphire is known as Pukhraj and Blue Sapphire is known as Neelam.  It has a specific gravity of 3.99, mean refractive index (RI) 1.765 and Hardness of 9 on the Moh’s scale.  Yellow sapphires is mainly comes from Sri Lanka (Ceylon).  It is also found in India (Kashmir), Brazil, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Australia, Madagascar, Tasmania, Tanzania Japan and Mexico.

 

Indian Vedic astrology admired and praised Yellow Sapphire (Pukhraj) since ancient times.  Since it has been associated with the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter (गुरु/बृहस्पति), its significance becomes more prominent as Jupiter rules prosperity; wisdom; higher education; progeny; blissful matrimony; fortune; large-scale undertakings be it business, industry or profession; large educational institutions; gems and jewelry; abundance of food and

nourishment; spirituality; discipline and righteous deeds.  Just like its large size, Jupiter is associated extra-large things like grand ceremonies, grand mass gatherings, huge buildings, gigantic auditoriums and everything which is extra large.

 

Since Yellow Sapphire (Pukhraj) is linked with Jupiter and it is auspicious in your chart, it bestows the wearer with great success, wisdom, professional elevation, gratifying marriage and children, wealth, pleasure of luxurious houses and vehicles and many auspicious things in life.

 

Chakrapani Astrology provides you with the high quality, hand-picked natural Yellow Sapphire (Pukhraj) from different parts of the world with assurance of laboratory test report.  If Jupiter is weak and unable to confer its benefic results in your horoscope and you are interested in elegant Yellow Sapphire (Pukhraj) gemstone, please feel free to contact and consult Chakrapani Astrology and get one for you or your loved ones.