1.10 Ct. Blue Sapphire from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

A single blue flame seems to glow beneath the skin of this gem, a tranquil heart of light that invites a quiet kind of awe. This is a transparent 1.10 carat oval blue sapphire, measured with exacting care at 7.40 x 5.15 x 3.81 millimeters, cut in a mixed brilliant style that balances fire and depth, and finished with an excellent polish that lets every facet breathe. When you hold it, the light enters like a soft whisper and returns like a promise, calm and luminous. The oval silhouette offers a timeless silhouette, a shape that flatters and elongates, that rests against the hand like a small, private moon. There are moments when a stone is only color and carat, and then there are other moments when a stone feels like a poem, and this sapphire is the latter, carrying with it an intimacy that is felt as much as seen.

The color of this sapphire is of medium intense presence, a gentle but honest blue that sits between the clarity of a summer sky and the depth of twilight over the ocean, with subtle blue undertones that shift as you turn the gem. Its origin is Ceylon Sri Lanka, a place whose name has long stirred the imaginations of gem lovers and traders alike, an island where the earth has a knack for shaping blue into something almost human. Ceylon sapphires are celebrated for a purity of tone and an openness that allows light to travel and transform within the crystal lattice, and that heritage adds a layer of value that is both aesthetic and storied. To wear a Ceylon sapphire is to carry a piece of that island history, a lineage of rivers and monsoons, of patient miners and master cutters, and of markets where these blues were once traded like rare spices. This provenance whispers of rarity and authenticity, and because this particular stone has no enhancement, it remains unaltered by heat or treatment, a natural page from the earth that retains all of its original, honest voice.

Look closely and you will notice that the clarity is slightly included when evaluated at eye level, a gentle map of natural inclusions that tells a true life story rather than a manufactured perfection. These slight inclusions become a kind of fingerprint, a reminder that this sapphire grew over ages under pressure and heat deep within the planet, and that those geological moments are what give it character and soul. The mixed brilliant cut amplifies the best of its nature, combining pavilion facets that draw light inward, and crown facets that scatter it in tiny fireworks across the table. The excellent polish ensures that each plane is a mirror, that each reflection is clean and honest, and that the blue breathes freely without any visual barrier. This balance of cut and clarity means the gem offers both sparkle and serenity, a lively heart soothed by natural restraint, suitable for an engagement ring that is meant to speak of enduring devotion, or for a pendant that will hang like a small ocean against the throat.

From The Natural Sapphire Company this piece arrives as more than a jewel, it arrives as an heirloom in the making, a companion for vows and quiet mornings, for anniversaries and days that demand a gentle celebration. The combination of its Ceylon origin, its untouched state with no enhancement, its mixed brilliant cut and excellent polish, and the honest, slightly included clarity, creates a stone that is both rare and real. Picture it set in a simple bezel for a daily talisman, or cradled in a filigree of pale gold for an evening that asks for romance, and know that the sapphire will hold light and memory together. Owning this gem is to accept a small responsibility to care for something born of the earth long before us, and to pass on a story that will continue as it is given, and worn, and treasured. If you are searching for a sapphire that is as poetic as it is genuine, as storied as it is wearable, this Ceylon blue from The Natural Sapphire Company invites you to imagine a life lit from within, one thoughtful glance at a time.