3.40 Ct. Blue Sapphire from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

There is a hush that settles when light meets the heart of a true Ceylon sapphire, a hush that this beautiful transparent 3.40 carat cushion shape blue sapphire carries like a promise, whispering of oceans at dusk and sky deepened with longing. Its proportions, an intimate 8.86 by 8.02 by 5.20 mm, are sculpted to invite the eye in and hold it there, as if each glance were a small pilgrimage. Cut in a mixed brilliant fashion, the facets choreograph a private ballet of scintillation and depth, where flashes of light bloom and fold back into the gem like waves embracing a sheltered shore. The Natural Sapphire Company presents it as a jewel of rare conviction, a stone whose vivid color intensity is as pure as a memory that refuses to fade, and whose excellent polish lets every facet speak in a clear, luminous voice.

Look closer and you will find that the clarity grade of slightly included, evaluated at eye level, is less a flaw and more a signature of origin, a tiny map of the earth s patience written into crystal. Those slight inclusions give the sapphire a human aspect, a softness that asks to be loved rather than merely admired, they are the whisper of Sri Lanka, the country once called Ceylon, where this gem was raised slowly in the deep warm light of ancient soils. No enhancement alters its truth, no treatments veil its birthright, the gem arrives to you as nature intended, honest and unabashed, with no enhancement to hide behind. This natural authenticity is a quiet kind of luxury, a trust that will only deepen with time, because an unaltered sapphire ages with dignity, its color settling into a companionable richness rather than a manufactured sheen.

Over the years this cushion sapphire will continue to captivate because its beauty is both surface and substance, a harmony of light and structure that resists change. The mixed brilliant cut and excellent polish create a dance of brilliance that wears well under a touch, while the sapphire s inherent strength, with a hardness of nine on the Mohs scale, means it will stand beside you through the ordinary and the ceremonial, resisting the everyday worries that dull lesser stones. Care is gentle and straightforward, a soft cloth to return the polish to its first radiance, an occasional professional check to ensure the setting holds proudly, and the gem will repay you with decades of steady, unwavering blue. The slight inclusions that give it character will remain as silent companions, unchanged witnesses to whatever promises you place upon it.

Imagine this stone at the center of a ring, a pendant, a vow, carrying with it the temperament of Ceylon, the craftsmanship of the cutter, and the stewardship of The Natural Sapphire Company. It is the kind of gemstone that becomes more than ornament, it becomes family lore, the heirloom that gathers stories as it passes from hand to hand. Its vivid blue will answer candles and sunlight, brimstone evenings and bright mornings, and those who see it again and again will find new facets to love. In choosing this sapphire you choose a continuity of beauty, a covenant with time, and a small, luminous portion of the earth s own poetry, preserved in crystal and offered faithfully by The Natural Sapphire Company.