Sapphire, a precious stone of the corundum class, and differing from the ruby (q.v.) only in colour, which is a blue of various shades; the finest specimens are found in Ceylon; its value depends chiefly on quality, and not so much (like the ruby) on size.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Saône-et-Loire * Sappho