I asked her once how a little girl who didn't have blue eyes ended up being called Sapphire. She pursed her lips for a few seconds, clearly wondering how she could get away with not telling me.
'My older brother is called Mistral,' she said in the end. 'My younger sister is Blaze. I'd say I was the lucky one.'
As I say, hippy parents.

Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.

Elgin. Topaz a Saltier and Chief Ruby, on a Canton Pearl a Lyon Rampant Saphyr, which last is their paternal Coat; and the Field Topaz, and Saltier, and Chief Ruby, was the Arms of King Robert the Bruce, they altering the Field from Pearl (as he bore it) to Topaz. / Eglington. Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Saphyr three Flower-de-Liss Topaz, for Montgomery; 2d and 3d, Ruby three Anulets Topaz, ston'd Saphyr', for the Title of Eglington; all within a Border of the 2d, charg'd with a Double Tressure of the 3d, for the Name of Seaton he being descended of that Family …

3. Saphire, ten Bezants, 4, 3, 2, 1, by the Bisset. 4. Pearl, on a Bend Diamond, nine Annulets conjoined in three Links Topaz. 5. Ruby, on a Cross Pearl, five Cinkfoils of the first. 6. Checkie Topaz and Saphire, a Fesse within a Bordure Ruby, by the Name of Clifford. 7. Saphire, two Lioncels passant guardant Pearl, crowned Topaz.

Topaz, on a Cross, Sapphire, a Crosier thrust through a Mitre, Topaz.

When black women speak up about indignities, they are Sapphires. When black women stand up for their rights, they are Sapphires.

Described as feisty wenches, seductive Jezebels, or loud and angry Sapphires, Black women's public persona has long been dominated by these images.

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