1.70 Ct. Bluish Green Sapphire from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

One beautiful transparent 1.70 carat pear shape bluish green sapphire from Ceylon, Sri Lanka, awaits its next chapter with The Natural Sapphire Company, a gem that carries the quiet dignity of the earth in every facet. Measuring 7.48 by 6.83 by 4.44 millimeters, this gem is cut in a mixed brilliant style that marries the fire of a round brilliant with the graceful silhouette of a pear, creating a stone that is both luminous and elegant. The clarity grade is very slightly included, evaluated at eye level, and the polish is excellent, allowing light to play through the stone with lively dispersion and a refined surface finish. The intense color intensity and the bluish green hue are the defining signatures of this sapphire, heat treated to gently bring forward its full tonal richness, and presented by The Natural Sapphire Company with the provenance and care you would expect from a house devoted to timeless gemstones.

Long before it was shaped by the careful hands of a cutter, this sapphire began its story deep within the moving machinery of the planet, a narrative written in pressure, heat, and time over millions of years. In the ancient terrain of Ceylon, tectonic forces folded and metamorphosed the crust, concentrating aluminum and oxygen into crystalline corundum amid layers of gneiss and schist. Trace amounts of iron and titanium became the subtle artists of color, weaving bluish green tones into the crystalline matrix as the nascent corundum slowly adopted its hexagonal lattice. Over epochs, hydrothermal fluids carried these nascent crystals, and seasonal rains and rivers liberated them into alluvial gravels where gem seekers, both ancient and modern, found them nestled among sands and river stones. Each crystal that survived this long journey carries with it the memory of deep time, and this pear shaped sapphire retains that memory, manifest in its tone, clarity, and the lively internal reflections that speak of an origin both geologic and storied.

When set into jewelry, this sapphire becomes more than a mineral specimen, it becomes a link between past and future, an heirloom in the making that commands a sense of heritage and permanence. The pear shape, proportioned to enhance both brilliance and silhouette, flatters the hand and elongates the finger, while the mixed brilliant facets distribute scintillation with a refined balance of sparkle and color. The very slightly included clarity allows the gem to glow with transparency and character, a subtle reminder that natural origins are preferable to perfection, and the excellent polish ensures that each facet plane returns light with clean, luminous reflections. Heat treatment has enhanced its intense color intensity, deepening the bluish green to a tone that is versatile enough to be worn every day, and rare enough to be treasured beyond seasons and trends. At The Natural Sapphire Company we understand the language of legacy, and we present this sapphire as a piece that will develop history with its wearer, ready to be made into an engagement ring, a pendant, or a bespoke creation that will be passed down through generations, a small, durable fragment of the earth that recalls oceans, mountains, and the slow choreography of geological time.