1.18 Ct.Tw.Total Carat Weight Blue Sapphire Pair from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

From the rich alluvial terraces of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, these two pear shaped blue sapphires began life under conditions of heat, pressure, and time that folded color into crystal, a patient story told in the deepest blue of their facets. The Natural Sapphire Company sourced this matched pair, weighing 0.56 carats and 0.62 carats, each measured at 6.15 by 4.12 by 3.02 mm and 6.15 by 4.16 by 2.86 mm, cut as pear shapes with a mixed brilliant pavilion and an excellent polish. Evaluated at eye level, both stones are eye clean, their interiors free from visible interruptions, and they show a dark color intensity that gives them a velvety presence. These sapphires have been heat treated, a traditional and widely accepted enhancement that unlocks the clarity and depth of color the cutter saw hidden in the rough. From miner to cutter to bench, the process was deliberate, the mixed brilliant cut chosen to balance scintillation and color, and the result is a pair that reads as a matched set in tone, size, and face up presence.

When you hold them up to the light, their story of reflection and brilliance distinguishes them from other gems, in ways both technical and emotional. Diamonds, with a higher refractive index and unmatched dispersion, flash with a brilliant, kaleidoscopic fire that sapphires do not attempt to imitate. Instead, these Ceylon sapphires return light as a deep, saturated glow, their reflections rich and velvety, favoring color depth over spectral fire. Compared with rubies, which share the corundum family and a similar hardness, these sapphires reflect light with the same resilience but offer a cooler, more contemplative shimmer. Emeralds, often included and more translucent, present a softer, oilier sheen, while spinels often show lively, lively sparkle but without the same tonal complexity. The mixed brilliant cut on these pears maximizes scintillation along the pavilion and crown transitions, giving flashes of lighter blue against a backdrop of dark intensity, and the excellent polish ensures those flashes read cleanly to the eye. In short, these stones offer a sapphire experience that is about luminous depth and matched refinement, a pair that wears like a single thought expressed twice, and a selection The Natural Sapphire Company is proud to present to anyone seeking color that speaks as loudly as brilliance.