1.04 Ct. Green Sapphire from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Hold this 1.04 carat oval green sapphire from Ceylon in your mind and imagine the quiet thrill of discovering something rare and soulful, something that seems to breathe with the green of new beginnings. This gem measures 6.66 x 5.05 x 3.49 millimeters, it is transparent, and it has been expertly fashioned in a mixed brilliant cut that brings every ray of light to life. At eye level it reads as very very slightly included, which means nearly eye clean and blessed with clarity that lets the light travel through the stone with graceful ease. The medium color intensity offers a serene, versatile green that shifts subtly between a soft meadow tone and a deeper, more mysterious olive, creating a gentle living color that wears beautifully on its own or paired with diamonds and warm metals. This sapphire has been heat treated to enhance its tone and clarity in a stable and widely accepted manner, and it carries an excellent polish that gives every facet an elegant mirror finish, a finish that makes it feel like a long kept secret you are finally ready to share.

When you compare the reflective qualities of this Ceylon green sapphire to other sapphires, the difference is in the soul of the sparkle. Blue sapphires, with their classic cornflower or royal hues, tend to project a denser, more somber brilliance, where the color dominates and light plays in deeper, more saturated flashes. By contrast this green sapphire, with its mixed brilliant cut and medium color intensity, offers a brighter interplay of scintillation and surface brilliance, letting small, lively flashes dance across the crown while still holding the stone’s inner depth. Padparadscha sapphires, rare and poetic in their peachy-pink brilliance, give a warmer, more fieryly reflective show, but they do not carry the verdant freshness and subtle layered tones that this green sapphire radiates. If you compare this gem to other green sapphires, you will notice how the Sri Lankan origin contributes to a refined, airy clarity and a lively yet soft reflection, a signature of Ceylon stones that balances brilliance with a gentle, luminous glow.

Seen alongside gemstones outside the sapphire family, the reflective character of this green sapphire becomes even more compelling. Emeralds present a lush, saturated green that often appears velvety and deep because of natural inclusions that diffuse light, giving them an inner glow rather than a crisp sparkle. This green sapphire, in contrast, offers crisper facet reflections and higher surface brilliance due to the hardness and polishability of corundum, so it sparkles with lively flashes while maintaining a refined, transparent quality. Green tourmaline and tsavorite garnet can show a vivid, punchy green and impressive fire, but their reflective behavior leans toward more obvious color saturation and occasionally stronger pleochroism, which can shift dramatically with movement. Peridot, while bright and cheerful, has a lower refractive index and a different kind of sparkle that feels more open and less refractively intense than sapphire. The green sapphire from Ceylon gives you the best of both worlds, a finely tuned balance between lively scintillation and a storied, crystalline transparency that holds a long memory.

At The Natural Sapphire Company we believe a gemstone is not only a piece of the earth, it is a promise of emotion, a future memory, an heirloom in the making. This 1.04 carat, oval, mixed brilliant green sapphire, heat treated and with excellent polish, is a jewel that will celebrate milestones, quiet afternoons, and loud declarations of love with equal grace. Imagine the joy of presenting it, the way light will catch the facets and lift the face of the wearer, the way its medium green will pair with gold or platinum to create an endlessly wearable symbol of affection. When you choose a Ceylon sapphire like this, you are choosing depth of origin, clarity of craft, and a reflective personality that stands apart from both its sapphire cousins and other green gemstones, a personality that will make every moment it graces feel touched by something timeless and beautiful.