Sapphire Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminium oxide () with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, vanadium, or magnesium. The name sapphire is derived via the Latin "sa ...

is a blue gemstone in the corundum family. Sapphire (s), SAPPHIRE, or The Sapphires may also refer to:

Animals

* Sapphire (horse), 2004 Olympic silver-medal-winning horse * Sapphire butterfly, the gossamer-winged butterfly of the genus ''Heliophorus'' *Sapphire hummingbird, a name used for several species of hummingbird, including: ** Blue-chinned sapphire **

Golden-tailed sapphire The golden-tailed sapphire (''Chrysuronia oenone'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Taxonomy and systematics The golden-tailed sapphire was formerl ...

** Rufous-throated sapphire (''Amazilia sapphirina''), previously belonged to ''Hylocharis'' **Sapphire, several hummingbird species in the genus ''

Hylocharis ''Hylocharis'' is a genus of hummingbirds, in the family Trochilidae. It contains two species that are both found in South America. Taxonomy The genus ''Hylocharis'' was introduced in 1831 by the German naturalist Friedrich Boie. The type speci ...

'' ***

Blue-headed sapphire The blue-headed sapphire or Gray's hummingbird (''Chrysuronia grayi'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Taxonomy and systematics The blue-headed sa ...

(''Hylocharis grayi'') *** Blue-throated sapphire (''Hylocharis eliciae'') *** Flame-rumped sapphire (''Hylocharis pyropygia''), validity questionable ***

Gilded sapphire The gilded sapphire (''Hylocharis chrysura''), also known as the gilded hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.Remsen, ...

(''Hylocharis chrysura'') ***

Humboldt's sapphire Humboldt's sapphire or Humboldt's hummingbird (''Chrysuronia humboldtii'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Taxonomy and systematics Humbol ...

(''Hylocharis humboldtii'') ***

White-chinned sapphire The white-chinned sapphire (''Chlorestes cyanus'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in northern South America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry ...

(''Hylocharis cyanus'')

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Sapphire (character), a character in the DC Comics universe *Sapphire, a character played by Jasmine Jardot in the British web series ''

Corner Shop Show ''Corner Shop Show'' is a British comedy drama web series that premiered on YouTube in March 2014. The series is created by Islah Abdur-Rahman and consists of continuous episodes uploaded on his YouTube channel CornerShopShow, following the adv ...

'' *Sapphire, a main character in ''Pokémon Adventures'' *Sapphire, a character in ''

Sapphire & Steel ''Sapphire & Steel'' is a British television supernatural sci-fi/fantasy series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. The series was created by Peter J. ...

'', a British science fiction television series *Sapphire, a character in ''Steven Universe'' *Princess Sapphire, a character in the manga '' Princess Knight'' *Sapphire Rhodonite, a character in the video game '' Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice'' *Sapphire Stevens, a character in the 1920s–1950s radio/film/television series ''

Amos 'n' Andy ''Amos 'n' Andy'' is an American radio sitcom about black characters, initially set in Chicago and later in the Harlem section of New York City. While the show had a brief life on 1950s television with black actors, the 1928 to 1960 radio show ...

'' * Sapphire Trollzawa, a character from the animated series ''Trollz'' *Sapphire Kawashima, a main character in the

Sound! Euphonium is a Japanese novel series written by Ayano Takeda. The story is set in Uji, Kyoto and focuses on the Kitauji High School Music Club, whose concert band is steadily improving thanks to the newly appointed adviser's strict instructio ...

series

Films

* ''Sapphire'' (film), a 1959 British film starring Nigel Patrick * ''The Sapphires'' (film), a 2012 Australian film **

The Sapphires (Australian band) ''The Sapphires'' is a 2012 Australian musical comedy-drama film based on the 2004 stage play '' The Sapphires'' by Tony Briggs, which is loosely based on a real-life 1960s girl group that included Briggs's mother and aunt.Usher, Robin (15 Novem ...

, subject of the film

Games

*''

Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire , commonly abbreviated to ''Sapphire'' in English, is a shoot 'em up developed by CAProduction for the PC Engine CD-ROM² System. It was published in 1995 by Hudson Soft exclusively in Japan. The story follows an all-women police force in 209 ...

'', a 1995 rare video game for the PC Engine *'' Pokémon Sapphire'', a 2002 video game for the Game Boy Advance *'' Pokémon Alpha Sapphire'', a 2014 remake of Pokémon Sapphire, released for the Nintendo 3DS

Music

Groups

*Sapphire, a band that includes members of the band

Alyson Avenue Alyson Avenue is a melodic rock band from Helsingborg, Sweden. The band was formed by keyboardist Niclas Olsson along with then bassist Thomas Lyöskä, the band was originally fronted by a male vocalist until 1995 when back-up singer Anette Olz ...

* The Sapphires (American band), a 1960s American pop group *

, a 1960s Aboriginal Australian trio of female singers * The Sapphhires (backing vocalists), a 1950s male Australian trio of backing singers, worked with

Col Joye Colin Frederick Jacobsen (born 13 April 1937), better known by his stage name Col Joye, is an Australian pioneer rock singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur with a career spanning some sixty years. Joye was the first Australian rock and ...

Albums

* ''Sapphire'' (John Martyn album), 1984 * ''Sapphire'' (Teena Marie album), 2006 *''Sapphire'', a 1995 album by the Japanese jazz musician Keiko Matsui

Songs

*"Sapphire", an instrumental piece by Norwegian band TNT from the 1987 album ''

Tell No Tales ''Tell No Tales'' is the third studio album by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. It was the best-selling TNT album in the U.S., according to their bass guitarist Morty Black. This album diverted from the power metal style of '' Knights of the ...

Brands and enterprises

* Sapphire (books), a British book publisher * Sapphire (clothing brand), a Pakistani company *

Bombay Sapphire Bombay Sapphire is a brand of gin that is distilled by the Bombay Spirits Company, a subsidiary company of Bacardi, at Laverstoke Mill in the village of Laverstoke in the English county of Hampshire. The brand was first launched in 1986 by En ...

, a brand of London dry gin produced by the Bombay Spirits Company * Chase Sapphire Preferred Visa, an Ultimate Rewards Visa Signature credit card of

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. As of 2022, JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the United States, the ...

* Chase Sapphire Reserve Visa, an elite Ultimate Rewards Visa Infinite credit card of JPMorgan Chase similar to the JPMorgan Reserve that replaced the

Palladium Card The J.P. Morgan Reserve Card, formerly branded and colloquially known as the Palladium Card, is a credit card issued by J.P. Morgan & Co., J.P. Morgan on the Visa Inc., Visa network. It is reserved for the wealthiest clients of the firm's global P ...

, in 2016 *

Sapphire Energy Sapphire Energy was a San Diego-based American energy company that aimed to produce crude oil with algae. History Sapphire Energy was founded in 2007. As of February 2014, Sapphire Energy employed over 150 employees. The company is headquarte ...

is an energy company that produces oil made from algae *

Sapphire Gentlemen's Club Sapphire Gentlemen's Club is a chain of strip clubs. Las Vegas The Las Vegas club is located in Winchester, Nevada, United States, a part of the Las Vegas Valley. The enterprise includes 10 VIP sky boxes and three lounges, and is billed as the ...

, a chain of adult entertainment venues *

Sapphire Ventures Sapphire Ventures (stylized as SAPPHIRE) is a venture capital firm with offices in Menlo Park, San Francisco, Austin, and London. The firm is considered one of the world's premier venture capital firms. The firm primarily invests in Series B t ...

, a venture capital firm

Computing and technology

Sapphire Technology Sapphire Technology () is a Hong Kong-based technology company, founded in 2001, which produces graphics cards for personal computers and workstations, motherboards, TV tuner cards, digital audio players and LCDTVs Sapphire's products are base ...

, a manufacturer of PC hardware * SAPPHIRE (Health care), a health information system based on Semantic Web and RDF language *

SAPPHIRE Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminium oxide () with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, vanadium, or magnesium. The name sapphire is derived via the Latin "sa ...

, SAP's customer-facing event *Sapphire programming framework, a framework in the PHP language, distributed with the

SilverStripe Silverstripe CMS is a free and open source content management system (CMS) and framework for creating and maintaining websites and web applications. It provides an out of the box web-based administration panel that enables users to make modificat ...

content management system *Sapphire Worm, another name for the SQL slammer worm

Jubilees

Sapphire jubilee In 2017, the term sapphire jubilee or blue sapphire jubilee was coined for the celebrations to mark the 65th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II (see Sapphire Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II). Previously, the sapphire wedding anniversary w ...

, a celebration to mark a 65th anniversary * Sapphire Jubilee of ''Queen Elizabeth II'', commemoration of the 65th year of Queen Elizabeth's reign

Organizations

*Sapphire, the rape investigation unit of the Metropolitan Police Service of Greater London, UK *SAPPHIRE, a human resource management committee of XLRI Jamshedpur

People

Olga Sapphire Olga Sapphire (russian: Ольга Сафайя or russian: Ольга Сапфир, ja, オリガ・サファイア, 28 June 1907 – 20 June 1981) was the stage name of Russian and Japanese ballerina and choreographer Olga Ivanovna Pavlova ( ...

(1907–1981), stage name of the Russian-Japanese ballerina born Olga Ivanovna Pavlova *

Sapphire (author) Ramona Lofton (born August 4, 1950), better known by her pen name Sapphire, is an American author and performance poet. Early life Ramona Lofton was born in Fort Ord, California, one of four children of an Army couple who relocated within the Un ...

(born 1950), African-American poet and author born Ramona Lofton * Sapphire (wrestler) or Juanita Wright (1935–1996), professional wrestling valet and wrestler * Sapphire Elia (born 1987), British actress

Places

* Sapphire, North Carolina, a community in the United States *

Sapphire, Queensland Sapphire Central is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. The town of Sapphire is within the locality (). Sapphires are mined extensively in the area. At the , the locality had a population of 1214 people. Sa ...

, a town in Australia *

Sapphiretown, South Australia __NOTOC__ Sapphiretown is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking Eastern Cove about south of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-west of Pen ...

, a locality in Australia

Ships

* HMS ''Sapphire'', the name of several ships of the Royal Navy * USS ''Sapphire'', more than one United States Navy ship

Transportation

Sapphire (satellite) Sapphire is a Canadian space surveillance satellite which was launched in 2013. Sapphire was commissioned and integrated by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) based on an SSTL-150 bus produced by Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and an ...

, a Canadian space surveillance satellite launched in 2013 * ''Sapphire'' (train), (German: ''Saphir'') a European express train *

Arriva Sapphire Arriva Sapphire is a premium brand used by various Arriva bus subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. History In February 2013, Arriva UK Bus announced that it would launch a premium service under the Sapphire brand for its bus services in the U ...

, a premium brand of Arriva bus services in the United Kingdom * Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire (motor car), a series of UK post-war cars *

Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire is a British turbojet engine that was produced by Armstrong Siddeley in the 1950s. It was the ultimate development of work that had started as the Metrovick F.2 in 1940, evolving into an advanced axial flow de ...

, a jet engine also known as the Wright J65 * Ford Sapphire, a sedan version of the Ford Sierra, sold in South Africa and the United Kingdom * Sapphire Aircraft Australia Sapphire LSA, an Australian ultralight aircraft

Other uses

Istanbul Sapphire Istanbul Sapphire, or Sapphire, is a skyscraper located in the central business district of Levent in Istanbul, Turkey. It was Istanbul's and Turkey's tallest skyscraper between 2010 and 2016, and the 4th tallest building in Europe when its co ...

, a skyscraper in Istanbul, Turkey *

Sapphire (color) Sapphire is a saturated shade of blue, referring to the gem of the same name. Sapphire gems are most commonly found in a range of blue shades although they can be many different colors. Other names for variations of the color ''sapphire'' are b ...

, an intense shade of blue *Sapphire, an African-American stereotype also called

Angry Black Woman The angry black woman stereotype is a racial trope in American society and media that portrays Black American women as inherently ill-mannered and ill-tempered. Related concepts are the "Sapphire" or "Jezebel". Among stereotypes of groups wi ...

Sapphires (Super Fours) Sapphires, previously known as V Team, were an English women's cricket team that competed in the Super Fours. The squad varied from season to season, but was made up of some of the top players in English cricket. They were captained by various ...

, a women's cricket team that competed in the Super Fours * Sapphire Stakes (ATC), an Australian horse race