0.44 Ct. Blue Sapphire from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

There is a small world of sea and sky captured in this oval blue sapphire, a stone that seems to hold a midnight tide and a summer horizon within its depths, a jewel that sings in quiet tones of devotion and memory. We present a transparent 0.44 carat oval sapphire with dimensions of 5.89 by 3.95 by 2.34 millimeters, a gem cut with a mixed brilliant pattern that balances fire and depth with graceful symmetry. Its color reads as vivid, a saturated and lively blue that recalls monsoon shadows and clear mountain lakes, the kind of blue that invites a slow and lingering look. The clarity has been graded as very very slightly included when viewed at eye level, so that the stone appears clean and pure to the gaze, with only the most delicate internal signatures that attest to its natural origin. The polish is excellent, every facet a mirror that sweeps light from surface to soul, and the enhancement is a careful heat treatment that has coaxed the truest blue from the corundum without altering the stone s innate character. Born in Ceylon, Sri Lanka, this sapphire carries the lineage of an island known for producing colors that live somewhere between heaven and ocean, and each glance at the gem feels like finding a small, private horizon.

Beneath the poetry of color and light lies a precise architecture that is responsible for the sapphire s exceptional sparkle, a geometry of crystal and cut that makes light dance in a way that is truly unmatched. Corundum crystals are arranged in a trigonal lattice that gives sapphires a naturally high refractive index and a resilient structure, properties that allow them to capture light and return it with clarity and vigor. When a skilled cutter fashions an oval with a mixed brilliant cut, the shallow crown facets and the deeper pavilion facets are choreographed to balance brilliance and scintillation, to scatter flashes of blue across the face of the gem while preserving depth in the heart of the stone. The mixed brilliant style uses smaller kite and star facets on the crown, together with a pavilion cut that controls how light is internally reflected, producing a lively interplay of pinpoint sparkles and broad luminous flashes. Because this sapphire is very nearly eye clean, the internal pathways for light are largely unobstructed, allowing photons to travel through the gem and emerge as crisp, colored light rather than being diffused by inclusions. The excellent polish on each facet completes the effect, smoothing microscopic irregularities and enabling direct mirror like reflections, so that movement becomes a choreography of light and shadow, and every tilt of the hand releases new stories from the stone. The heat treatment that enhances the mineral s color also stabilizes subtle internal features, deepening the vivid blue while maintaining the natural crystal structure that gives this sapphire its remarkable optical personality.

Imagine this oval set into a simple solitaire ring that rests against the skin like a secret, or held within a halo that amplifies its glow into a small constellation, a piece that marks the kind of promise that grows more luminous with time. In the quiet theater of daily life the sapphire will catch incidental light and transform ordinary moments into instances of understated magic, a private ceremony for the eye that belongs to the wearer alone. At The Natural Sapphire Company we cherish stones like this not only for their beauty but for the stories they can begin, and we stand ready to guide you with expertise if you wish to create an engagement ring, a pendant, or a bespoke setting that honors the gem s voice. Each facet of this sapphire speaks of careful cutting, considered enhancement, and the mineral certainty of corundum formed and perfected in Ceylon Sri Lanka, and together these factors make a jewel that is technically refined and emotionally resonant. If you are seeking a blue that is vivid and honest, a size that is elegant and wearable, and a sparkle that owes its brilliance to both nature and human hand, this sapphire offers all of that, and more, as a promise kept in crystal form.