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94- ruby FAMILY. 4. Sapphire. Sapphir.— Werner. Saphirus, Wall. t. 1. p. 248.—Rubinus orientalis, Id. p. 247, —Topazius orientalis, Id. p. 251.—Rubis d'orient, R. de ll,. t. 2. p. 212.—Oriental ruby, sapphire, and topaz. Kirtv. t. 1. p. 250—Sapphir, Esiner, b. 2. s. 86.—Id. Emm. b. 1. s. 67. & b. 1. s. 251,—Zaffiro et rubin-zaffiro, Nap. p. 113. & 121.—Saphir, Brock. 1.1. p. 207.—Telesie. Haw/, t. 2. p. 480. —Perfect corundum. Greville and Bournon. Lond. Phil. Trans. 1793 & 1802.—Saphir, Reuss, b. 2. th 2. s. 24— Rubin, Reuss, b. 2. th. 2. s. 20.—Id. Lud. b.l. s. 67.—Id. Suck. 1. th. s. 446.—Id. Bert, s, 280.—Id. Molts, b. 1. s. 128.— Id. Ilab. s. 36.—Telesie, Lucas, p. 40.—Corindon telesie, Brong. t. 1. p. 427.—Corindon hyalin, Brard. p. 110.—Sap phire. Kid, vol. i. p. 137.—Corindon hyalin, Ilauy, Tabl. p. 30.—Sapphire, Steffens, b. i. s. 14. External Characters. Blue and red are its principal colours; it occurs also grey, white, and yellow, From indigo-blue it passes through smalt-blue, Berlin-blue, azure-blue, lavender, blue, into a kind of flesh-red, rose red, crimson-red, peach-blossom red, and cochineal red. It occurs also pearl-grey, bluish-grey, milk-white, reddish-white, yel lowish-white; which latter inclines strongly to lemon- yellow *. It frequently shews two colours at once, particularly blue and white, and sometimes blue and red. Three co lours, as white, blue and grey, are sometimes seen in the same crystal. It * A deep-green variety is mentioned by authors,
