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1.51 Ct. Bluish Purple Sapphire from Africa
This loose stone ships by Mar 7
Item ID: | S34738 |
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Dimensions (MM): help | Length: 7.45 Width: 6.09 Height: 4.11 |
Weight: | 1.51 Ct. |
Color: help | Bluish Purple |
Color intensity: help | Medium Intense |
Clarity: help | Very Very Slightly Included |
Shape: help | Oval |
Cut: | Mixed Brilliant |
Cutting style: | Faceted |
Enhancements: help | No Enhancement |
Origin: help | Africa |
Per carat price: help | $800 |
This sapphire began its story long before it reached the jeweler’s bench, formed under great heat and pressure in the heart of the African earth, slowly taking on its bluish purple hue as trace elements threaded into its crystal lattice. At 1.51 carats and measuring 7.45 x 6.09 x 4.11 mm in a graceful oval shape, this transparent gem carries the quiet memory of its origin in every facet. Its medium intense color intensity is a reminder of balanced saturation, neither shouting nor shy, and its clarity grade of very very slightly included, evaluated at eye level, speaks to purity that allows light to travel through with minimal interruption. Unenhanced and whole from the moment it was taken from the mine, this sapphire keeps the honest story of the land in which it was born, a story we at The Natural Sapphire Company cherish and preserve for the wearer.
The journey from rough to radiant was guided by an artisan’s eye and the precision of a mixed brilliant cut, a choice that amplifies the stone’s inherent ability to play with light. The mixed brilliant cut combines a faceting scheme that scatters light across the crown and a pavilion geometry that returns it with lively sparkle, enhancing both scintillation and depth, the oval outline elongates the visual field so each facet becomes a moving window of color, and the excellent polish ensures mirror like surfaces that let flashes of bluish purple swim and flicker as the gem moves. Because this sapphire is transparent, and because its very very slightly included clarity limits internal disruption, the cut is able to coax maximum brilliance and subtle fire from within, producing lively return of light without sacrificing the gem’s naturally warm tone. Worn in a ring or a pendant, this stone will feel like a small horizon, a jewel that encapsulates a place and a process, and The Natural Sapphire Company offers it to you as both a finely cut gem and a small piece of Africa, ready to be part of a new story that will be carried forward by its next keeper.
