1.03 Ct. Bluish Green Sapphire from Madagascar

This 1.03 carat oval bluish green sapphire measures 6.05 by 4.93 by 3.80 millimeters, with a mixed brilliant cut designed to balance scintillation and color saturation. The pavilion and crown faceting combine brilliant style facets with precision step elements, producing a controlled pattern of light return that emphasizes face up color while retaining lively pinfire flashes. The depth of 3.80 millimeters yields a depth of approximately 69 percent relative to the average girdle diameter, a slightly deeper proportion that enhances intense color intensity by reducing light leakage. Clarity is graded as very slightly included at eye level, with inclusions that do not disrupt the overall transparency or the path of reflected light. Excellent polish further refines facet junctions and facet plane accuracy, improving contrast and allowing crisp reflections across the table and facets. The sapphire is heat treated, a stable enhancement commonly used to optimize hue and clarity, and the material is from Madagascar, noted for producing richly saturated teal and bluish green tones.

In comparison to other gemstones in its category, this sapphire exhibits the characteristic vitreous lustre and superior color saturation that set corundum apart from many alternate green blue gems. Relative to spinel and tourmaline of similar hue, this sapphire shows deeper chroma and a more consistent body color, because of corundum s higher refractive index and the mixed brilliant faceting that concentrates light into color rather than dispersive fire. Compared to classic blue sapphires, the bluish green tone here is rendered with excellent evenness and more visible scintillation due to the mixed brilliant arrangement, whereas some step cut or shallow ovals can show windowing or patchy color. Versus high dispersion stones like diamond, sapphire offers less fire, but it rewards with richer, more stable color and a different kind of brilliance that emphasizes saturated tone and contrast. For buyers who value technical execution, this stone demonstrates precise cutting geometry, calibrated depth to favor color retention, and meticulous polishing, features that The Natural Sapphire Company applies consistently to present sapphires with optimal light behavior and face up appeal.