3.98 Ct. Blue Sapphire from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

There is a sapphire that looks as if a piece of evening sky has been folded and polished into a gem, a cushion of cobalt and starlight meant to rest against the skin like a secret. This 3.98 carat cushion shape blue sapphire carries a transparency that lets light pass through it like moonlight through a clear pond, and its silhouette, measuring 9.72 x 8.86 x 4.99 mm, feels intimate and perfectly proportioned. Imagine holding a small bright fragment of Ceylon itself, a memory of mountain rain and tropical dawns, because this stone was born in Sri Lanka, and it brings with it the gentle gravity of that island. The color is vivid, a saturated blue that speaks of deep oceans and the hush before twilight, and the excellent polish gives every curve and facet a mirror like finish that invites the eye to linger and the hand to return.

Look closer and you will find the quiet proof of nature within the heart of this sapphire, the slight inclusions that mark its journey through fire and time, noted as slightly included when viewed at eye level. Those tiny inclusions are not blemishes but signatures, the mineral whispers that tell of geological pressure and patient creation. The gem has been heat treated, a trusted and traditional enhancement that deepens and clarifies the color, allowing the vivid blue to sing with greater intensity while preserving the character of the stone. Its mixed brilliant cut is a thoughtful marriage of old and new, a cutting philosophy that blends the soft, embracing lines of the cushion silhouette with the sharp geometry of brilliant faceting, and the result is a gem that feels both timeless and utterly alive.

The geometry of the faceting is where this sapphire becomes something like a small living sun, because its mixed brilliant cut has been executed to allow maximum light play. Each facet is a carefully considered plane, an angle set to catch and return light in a thousand tiny flashes, so that when the stone moves it seems to breathe. The upper crown facets open like windows to the heart of the gem, drawing light inward, and the pavilion facets below act like a mirrored chamber that throws that light back up with amplified brilliance and scintillation. In this sapphire the facets form a tessellated geometry, a crystalline architecture that channels the blue into ribbons and pools of light, so that depending on the tilt the color can appear as a velvety royal blue, a bright cornflower hue, or a sea glass tone touched by sunlight. The mixed brilliant cut balances dispersion and depth, allowing flashes of fire to dance among waves of blue, and the excellent polish ensures every facet edge is clean, every plane poised to reflect and to glow.

When you wear this stone, set as the heart of a ring or the center of a pendant, it will become a talisman of intimate light and enduring feeling. The cushion shape sits against the skin like a soft promise, and its scale, just under four carats, is substantial without overwhelming, a jewel that announces itself with grace and restraint. The Natural Sapphire Company presents this gem not simply as an object of beauty but as a companion for moments that matter, a stone to mark an engagement, a milestone, or a memory you intend to keep forever. Trust in the provenance and the care the gem has received, know the nature of its slight inclusions and the tradition of heat treatment that fine Ceylon sapphires often undergo, and imagine the warmth the sapphire will return to you in light and color every day.