2.73 Ct. Blue Cabochon Sapphire from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

There is a blue that feels like a memory, a hush of ocean at twilight, and within that hush sits a translucent 2.73 carat cushion shape blue sapphire, a gem that seems to have been carved from a single held breath. This stone measures 7.81 by 7.73 by 4.50 mm, and it wears a sugar loaf cut that gives the crown a soft, domed silhouette, a gentle architecture that collects light and keeps it close. The surface is finished to an excellent polish, so every curve and slope reflects like a secret kept between two lovers. The color is vivid in intensity, a saturated sapphire blue that moves from deep indigo to a luminous mid blue as the angle of view shifts, and the gemstone is heat treated to enrich and stabilize that color, a traditional and transparent enhancement that the gem trade has long embraced to reveal the sapphire that nature intended. This gem hails from Ceylon Sri Lanka, a place whose very name is woven into the lore of fine sapphires, and in that origin there is a lineage of geology and human craft that carries through to this cushion, a stone that is as much a vessel of story as it is of color.

Look into the dome of this sugar loaf cut, and you will see a landscape of light and depth, a topography created by translucency and slight internal textures. The clarity is slightly included, evaluated at eye level, which gives the sapphire an honest, living quality, like a lake with tiny currents that catch the sun. Those tiny inclusions are not flaws in a moral sense, they are the signatures of growth, the fingerprints of Earth, and they sit quietly within the blue like stars in a deepening sky. The polish is excellent, so the surface is glass smooth, and the way light enters and curves within the stone produces soft bands of brightness, reflections that float and move, and a visual warmth that invites touch. Because the cut is a sugar loaf, the sapphire embraces a cabochon like grace, rounded and friendly to the eye, but it also retains the structured comfort of a cushion shape, a geometry that is both classic and contemporary. Together, these features create a gem that reads as elegant and intimate, suitable for an engagement piece meant to be worn close to the heart, or for a quiet heirloom that will be passed down with its stories intact.

Imagine setting this gem into a ring, a pendant, or a bespoke commission, and feel how the stone transforms intent into lyric. The cushion outline will sit like a small window, the sugar loaf dome a lens through which memory is refracted, and the vivid Ceylon blue will speak of depths and promises without needing a single word. Slight inclusions give the stone character, they remind the wearer that beauty is an honest thing, not a polished pretense, and the excellent polish invites a gentle touch that will return the caress of a hand that knows how to love. The 2.73 carat weight is generous enough to make a statement, while the modest proportions of 7.81 by 7.73 by 4.50 mm allow for intimacy and daily wear, a companion of rituals both grand and small. At The Natural Sapphire Company we have long curated sapphires that carry the provenance of their origin as part of their charm, and this sapphire from Ceylon Sri Lanka comes with the quiet assurance of that lineage. Our gem specialists understand the language of these stones, they know how heat treatment can bring color to life without erasing the stone s own voice, and they will help you translate this gem s presence into a setting that honors both its beauty and its story.

If you would like to hold this blue in your hands, to see how the light catches within the sugar loaf dome, we at The Natural Sapphire Company can guide you through the possibilities of design, setting, and care. Picture this cushion sapphire as the center of a simple solitaire, the blue breathing against a band of warm metal, or imagine it nestled among a halo of diamonds that echo its glow, each choice shaping how the stone tells its tale for years to come. We will describe the treatments and origins plainly, we will share how the heat treatment has refined the vivid color, and we will show how the slightly included clarity gives the gem its particular soul. Let this sapphire be the quiet chorus in your most important moment, a gem that does not shout, but that sings, and that will grow more intimate with time. Allow The Natural Sapphire Company to be your steward in this selection, and together we will place this Ceylon blue into a setting that feels like a vow, an heirloom, a poem you can wear.