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Padparadscha |
Padparadscha is the Sinhalese name for an orange, orange-pink or pink variety of Sapphires. This is a very rare variety of Sapphire and is the second rarest after the green Sapphires which are called the Oriental Emeralds. Padparadscha means 'Lotus Blossom' in Sinhalese. This term has come from the word Padmarag in Sanskrit which means 'one having the colour of a lotus'. |