Solitaire Green Sapphire Ring 0.56 Ct., 14K Yellow Gold

From the rolling gem gravels of Ceylon, Sri Lanka, a stone of uncommon green emerged, a transparent 0.56 carat green sapphire whose color seemed to hold the calm of monsoon forests. Miners working the ancient alluvial streams found a crystalline heart that, when examined, displayed intense color saturation and a clarity graded very slightly included when evaluated at eye level, a testament to both nature and time. The rough crystal revealed a geometry that invited an emerald cut to emphasize its internal clarity and to create broad light planes that sing with each movement, and our lapidaries at The Natural Sapphire Company shaped it with an exacting hand into a refined 5.24 by 4.24 by 2.63 mm emerald cut, honoring the stone rather than imposing upon it.

In a simple 14K yellow gold setting the gem rests in a four claw solitaire that was designed to let sun and lamp and the eye engage directly with the sapphire, to let the intense green breathe without distraction. The polish is excellent, the facet junctions crisp, and because this sapphire has received no enhancement its fresh, botanical green reads as candid and alive on the finger, requiring only the lightest intervention from the craftsman to reveal its full voice. Wearing this ring is to carry a small story of place and patience, a Sri Lankan green that needed only careful cutting and a gentle setting to become a daily jewel, a piece where minimal enhancement accentuates authenticity, rather than masking it, and where The Natural Sapphire Company name is a promise that the gem you see is the gem nature made.

Because of its modest carat weight and poised emerald cut this ring slips comfortably into everyday life while retaining the presence of a carefully chosen gem. The warm tone of 14K yellow gold echoes the green of the stone and highlights the sapphire internal glow, allowing light to flow through the broad emerald facets and to show off the excellent polish. For the collector who values authenticity this piece is instructive, it proves that when a gem of Ceylon origin shows such intense saturation and clarity no enhancement is necessary to make it sing, and The Natural Sapphire Company stands behind that truth.