It is actually seen often times in ancient religious writing to symbolize purity, knowledge, loyalty and religion. Sapphires are mined all over Africa and Asia, but are available in Australia as well as U.S. The sapphire is definitely the birthstone for September. See our photo gallery of sapphire j

The 3 species are easily distinguished through the sample in their stripes. Within the plains zebra the stripes are extensive and greatly spaced; some subspecies have lighter “shadow stripes” among the leading stripes. The northern subspecies of the plains zebra are more completely strip