Accent Stones Bi Color Sapphire Ring 0.49 Ct., 14K Yellow Gold

This marquise bi color sapphire began as a quiet secret whispered in the riverbeds and gravels of Montana, a place where heat and pressure over eons coaxed mineral beauty from the earth. Miners working these historic placers have always known how the Montana light reveals color in ways no other place does, and this 0.49 carat gem carries that memory in its very heart. At The Natural Sapphire Company we trace each sapphire back to its origin, and this stone brings a narrative of cold mornings, hands guided by generations of experience, and the joyful discovery when a rough crystal yields its true potential. The story of this gem is not only about where it came from, it is about the respectful care taken from the moment it was found, through the decisions to heat treat and to cut, so that the stone’s inherent character could be fully revealed in a wearable work of art.

Cutters who work with bi color sapphires learn to listen to the stone, to orient the table and facets so that color zones sing rather than fight, and this marquise, cut to a mixed brilliant, is a fine example of that craft. Measuring 7.06 by 3.71 by 2.59 millimeters, the gem has been sculpted in a way that balances length with depth, allowing the mixed brilliant arrangement to catch and scatter light across two distinct hues with vivid saturation. The gem is graded slightly included when evaluated at eye level, a common and honest description of many natural sapphires, and those inclusions are treated as part of the gem’s fingerprint rather than flaws to be hidden. Heat treatment was applied to stabilize and enhance the color, a time honored and widely accepted process, and the excellent polish across the pavilion and crown lets each facet perform its job, sending back the fire and flash that make this sapphire so arresting.

The ring’s 14K yellow gold setting has been chosen not as mere metal, but as a storytelling device that amplifies the sapphire’s warm temperament. Yellow gold wraps the gem in a soft glow, providing an intimate contrast to the stone’s vivid colors so that every tone appears richer. The marquise is held in a refined prong basket that is both secure and minimal, lifting the gemstone just enough to allow light to enter from beneath while keeping the profile elegant and low enough for daily wear. The gallery beneath the center is open, which is a deliberate construction that encourages light to breathe through the mixed brilliant cut, increasing scintillation and creating a livelier interplay between clarity and color. The prongs are positioned to follow the marquise silhouette, emphasizing the elongated form, and their polished faces reflect back both the stone and the gold, softening edges and making internal features less noticeable at a glance.

Flanking the central sapphire are white diamonds worked into a composition that reads like a chorus of light. On each side a pear shaped natural diamond of approximately 0.20 carats nestles against the marquise, oriented and angled to echo its lines and to act as a luminous shoulder, guiding the eye toward the center. These pear diamonds are graded Very Slightly Included in clarity and E in color, qualities that ensure their presence is purely brightness and contrast, not distraction. Smaller round white diamonds, totaling approximately 0.054 carats, add punctuation and sparkle around the shoulders, their F color and VS clarity bringing crisp white flashes that frame the warmer center. The interaction between the white diamonds and the bi color sapphire is intentional, because bright white light next to saturated color amplifies perceived color depth and masks minor inclusions, while the carefully chosen clarity grades mean the side stones read as lively and clean without drawing attention away from the main gem.

When you wear this ring you carry not only a stone but a story, a combination of Montana origins, considered cutting, and a setting designed to reveal the sapphire at its most expressive. The slightly included nature of the sapphire speaks to authenticity, and the setting consciously minimizes the visibility of those inclusions through elevation, facet orientation, and reflective metalwork, while the mixed brilliant cut and excellent polish do the final work of turning internal character into outward brilliance. The 14K yellow gold setting warms the palette and harmonizes with the stone, the pear and round diamonds provide an architectural frame of white light, and the whole piece sits balanced and elegant on the finger. At The Natural Sapphire Company we believe that gemstones are living things that tell where they have been, and this ring has been coaxed from geological time into a personal story, ready to become part of yours, to be worn, admired, and passed on with its provenance intact.