1.24 Ct. Bi Color Sapphire from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Imagine a fragment of sky held in the palm of your hand, a small universe of blue and violet that seems to breathe with a hidden tide, this is the charm of one transparent 1.24 carat cushion shape bi color sapphire offered by The Natural Sapphire Company. At 7.24 x 5.44 x 3.59 mm the stone sits with a confident intimacy between finger and flame, its mixed brilliant cut carving a secret language of light across each facet. The gem carries an intense color intensity and an excellent polish that together make every shift of the wrist a new stanza. Its clarity is very slightly included evaluated at eye level, a whisper of character that tells of the earths hand in its making. Enhancement is by heat treated methods that are traditional and stable, a gentle clarification that reveals the gems inner melody without altering its soul. Origin is Ceylon, Sri Lanka, a land whose name tastes like monsoon and temple incense, a source of sapphires that have long been woven into the fabric of history.

Long before hands cut and polished this cushion shape heart, the story of its formation unfolded over millions of years beneath the silent crust of the earth, in an age when continents moved with the patience of glaciers and molten seams traced the bones of the planet. Deep in the metamorphic folds of Ceylon, Sri Lanka, aluminum rich rock met with traces of chromium and iron, under pressures that could not be imagined by the surface world. Heat flowed like a slow river through folded stone, and in pockets where the alchemy of elements permitted, corundum crystals began to grow in slow, patient respiration. Over eons microscopic impurities and lattice stresses painted the crystal with its bi color nature, the interplay of trace elements giving rise to zones of slightly differing hue, as if dawn and dusk had been trapped together in the same heart. When tectonic whisperings and weathering finally freed that crystal from its deep cradle, stream and soil polished it for ages before a hand with a jeweler eye found it, and set into motion the final chapter of its metamorphosis, the shaping into a cushion cut that would honor both its dual color and its inner light.

Hold the stone to the sun and you will see how the mixed brilliant cut orchestrates a dance, each facet a mirror and a window, framing flashes of cornflower blue and deeper indigo notes that move like a lovers gaze. The intense color intensity is not a shout but a poem, a saturated promise that speaks of deep ocean nights and the clear pools of highland springs. Transparency is such that the gem seems to have a depth greater than its physical dimensions, a capaciousness of feeling within 7.24 x 5.44 x 3.59 mm. The very slightly included clarity grade makes the stone honest and alive, small internal features that catch the light in secret ways, a memory of the pressures and cooling that gave it birth. The excellent polish is the final caress, facets refined to a smoothness that allows fire and brilliance to travel without interruption. The heat treated enhancement is a respectful unveiling, a practiced hand that brought forward the sapphires most intimate colors while preserving the natural origin and structure that define its soul.

Imagine the sapphire set at the center of a ring, an enduring promise suspended in a frame crafted to echo the gems cushion silhouette, imagine it resting against skin and catching the light as you move through day and evening. The 1.24 carat weight gives it presence without pretense, an eloquent scale for engagement, anniversary, or a private talisman that holds memory and hope. At The Natural Sapphire Company we see stones as stories to be worn, and we invite you to make this Ceylon treasure a part of your own narrative. Our cutters and gemologists select settings that respect the mixed brilliant cut and honor the bi color temperament, so that each glance reveals new facets of meaning. If you seek a stone that is both ancient and immediate, both earth born and intimately polished, this cushion bi color sapphire stands ready, carrying within it the deep patience of mountain fires, the cool hush of monsoon nights, and the bright promise of every tomorrow.